> -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Brown [mailto:parasane@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 11:42 AM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: Dotan Cohen; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Re: Re: Military Service WAS [PHP] Capitalization of > variable > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Boyd, Todd M. <tmboyd1@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > You are right. This list, above many others I have subscribed to in > the past, has done a very good job about keeping it PHP-related and not > branching off into a political flame war (or even a polite political > discussion--if those truly exist). > > Heh. You obviously haven't been here very long (since May.... I > checked). ;-P Indeed, I am an infant in the ways of php-general. :) > We get into all kinds of discussions that aren't PHP-related. > Check the archives for the "chicken vs. egg" thread in Spring, > 2007.... which, if memory serves, continued in at least some form well > into Summer, 2007. Again, pass. Heh... > > I hold no ill-will towards any of you in any branch of any country's > armed forces... but I have vehement opinions that I'm holding back for > both of our sakes. > > I think we all do. There's no way around that. However, > regardless of how a thread may go off-topic, the fact is that the > spirit of the community is without borders, without prejudice, and > without discrimination. When we communicate (via this list or > whatever), we all exist only in bits and bytes, as black and white, > and we're all the same. We're computer geeks. While this is true, my mom told me I was cool. Just thought I'd throw that out there. > The fact is, if you stick around long enough, you'll assimilate > with the group and find yourself more off-topic sometimes than a > toddler with ADHD amped up on caffeine. > > We're a community --- some of us friends. Not a tech support firm. > > Thank [insert deity here]. ;-P Absolutely. In fact, I think I'm fairly far-off right now. :) Either way, I was just trying to shy away from politically-and-theologically-charged conversations, I suppose. Nothing wrong with a little banter to lighten the mood. As you said, this is not a firm. It's a collection of people with their own individual ideas, senses of humor, etc... and I celebrate that. I just hate seeing people argue over stuff that, realistically, is nearly possible to sway one way or another given someone's pre-conceived ideas. I digress. <?php foreach($php-general-subscriber as $subscriber) { $subscriber->spread_the_love(); } ?> Todd Boyd Web Programmer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
