On Jun 13, 2008, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It's like going "Your honor, I shouldn't be punished for the alleged > murder because I didn't kill the victim, the bullet did. I just > pulled the trigger. Anyone else could have done that and the victim > would end up dead just the same, so why should I be punished for > something that anyone else could have done?" Or (for those who override logical thinking with emotional reactions in the presence of hyperboles) "See, officer, I'm not stepping on the grass, my shoes are. I just so happen to have these shoes on right now, but I might as well just take them out and put on another pair, and these will remain just where they are, no difference. See?, that's why you shouldn't fine me." And, no, I obviously didn't accuse you of murder, and I'm pretty sure you know that. Thanks to those who pointed out in private that others might mistaken an hyperbole for a comparison of similar acts. I hope the hipobole :-) above clears that up. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} FSFLA Board Member ¡Sé Libre! => http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
