Re: [PATCH] Revert Abortion joke removal.

[Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>]

On May  7, 2018, DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> wrote:

> Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
>> I don't care if they objected to something else in the larger debate.

> Perhaps you should.

It's irrelevant WRT my proposal.  It was obvious to me that consensus
wouldn't be reached in the larger debate any time soon.

> For the record, because you have demonstrated that exact statements to
> each item must be present, I hereby expressly object to any and every
> proposal you might make now or in the future, unless I recind said
> blanket objection explicitly and specifically.

Now you're just trolling; I'm pretty sure you don't want to legitimize
this sort of blanket sustained objection.  You'd have a lot more to lose
than I if they were to be admitted as evidence of objections.


Be honest, did you even read my proposal?

If you felt so strongly about it, why did you not respond there?


>> The restoration of the initial status quo

> ... is still a change, and still requires consensus.

I'm pretty sure you don't want to legitimize such sneaking in of changes
as happened (without malice AFAICT) in Zack's case, to then demand
consensus to be obtained to back it out, while the entire debate plays
out.  Seriously, think about it.

1. A wishes to force in a change that is sure to face objections.

2. A and B agree to make the change: A posts it, B supports it, and A
proceeds to check it in right away, before the expected objections come
up.

3. C objects, but now it's too late, and now it's C that has to convince
everyone including A and B to back it out.

Gee, look!, that looks a bit familiar, doesn't it?  Isn't that *almost*
what you've just objected to my doing?  Except there was no prior
agreement between myself and RMS, and I gave people plenty of time to
respond and object, and nobody did before I actually carried it out five
days later.

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