[wp-hackers] Default Date is Inhumane...

[Ryan Boren]

On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 15:30 -0500, Seth Thomas Rasmussen wrote:
> <snip>
> Yes, those stupid Americans.  It's amazing that THEY became the world's
> super power.  Must be dumb luck. Just think of what they could do if
> they could tell time.  :-)
> </snip>
> 
> Dominance does not necessarily represent intelligence or comprehension of
> anything beyond the most basic of principles. Your readiness to jump in and
> defend American intelligence is ironically indicative of this point. There
> are stupid people worldwide, in droves too, but make no mistake: The United
> States of America is one of the dumbest nations in the world. Our test
> scores are lower, and as a few articles of a few months back will show,
> we're winning fewer awards, publishing fewer scientific papers, etc. year
> after year.
> 
> It's a tangent, but I think it's a supremely important point that Americans
> stop lauding themselves and take a hit when its deserved: we *are* dumb.
> Many of us probably *don't* understand something as simple as the 24-hour
> time format.
> 
> Honestly though, it's just the arrogance of that tired "America didn't
> become the #1 (fill in the blank) for nothin'!" platitude. It's the type of
> blindingly idiotic arrogance and oversimplification that is why the world
> hates us, for one, but also probably why we can't understand the 24-hour
> time format: we didn't use it, therefore it's #2, and we're number 1!!!!
> 
> Okay, I'm done... back to your hacking...

Dude, chill.  I just get tired of the reflexive anti-Americanism that
pops up on the lists and IRC channel all the time.  Since a good deal of
WordPress code is written by Americans, perhaps we could not call them
stupid so casually.  That's all.

Ryan