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Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?



Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> "John H. Robinson, IV" <jaqque@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > Brian Nelson wrote:
> > > 
> > > Heh.  As if any self-respecting Canadian would *ever* refer to
> > > themselves as "American"...
> > 
> > Nice evasion. I asked a bona-fide Canadian if he was American. He said
> > North American.
> 
> How is that an evasion?

Brian Nelson wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 05:24:21PM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> > I am asking if a Canadian told you that he was also an American (even
> > though he was not from the USA, and had never been in the USA, and
> > exactly none of his ancestors were from or ever in the USA) would you
> > argue with him and claim that he was wrong?
> 
> Heh.  As if any self-respecting Canadian would *ever* refer to
> themselves as "American"...


The evasion is simple: I asked a direct question. I failed to get a
direct answer. The answer I got was an evasion. It was not even a proper
mu[1].

I am going to call this a finger/moon issue, and let it be.

-- 
John H. Robinson, IV          jaqque@debian.org
                                                                 http  ((((
WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the above,         sbih.org ( )(:[
as apparently my cats have learned how to type.          spiders.html  ((((

[1] http://www.clueless.com/jargon3.0.0/mu.html



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