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good rationale, maintainers should be willing to change their mind often."
You've failed to meet the first part.
You're misusing appeal to authority. The fallacy is that because I have
authority, I must be right. We never presented you with that premise,
however, and provided many others. You can't spout "appeal to authority"
whenever you disagree with the outlined reasons. Period.
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>
> Look, if you can't even agree on the simple fact that a theme is
> supposed to be a *theme*, then this discussion is getting into the
> "pointless" territory pretty darned fast.
>
+1.
I think we're done here. You're welcome to post your theme-plugin hybrid
output-buffering frankenstein thing on your own site.
[1] http://ometer.com/features.html
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On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Darren Slatten <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:darrenslatten at gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">darrenslatten at gmail.=
com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">
Your argument is a textbook example of invalid reasoning based on a <br>log=
ical fallacy that's been understood and documented for hundreds of <br>=
years. It's not like I'm making this stuff up. And don't forget=
: I'm not <br>
saying "everyone is wrong"--I'm only saying <i>"Yes-huh.=
..you can even go <br>ask Andrew Nacin!"</i> is not a valid argument.<=
/blockquote><div><br></div><div>People don't respect the opinions of le=
aders because of their responsibilities. In a meritocracy, they earn respec=
t and responsibility based on their opinions.</div>
<div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote">From an old essay [1] stemming from the GNOME project,=
"In the presence of good rationale, maintainers should be willing to =
change their mind often." You've failed to meet the first part.<br=
>
<br></div>You're misusing appeal to authority. The fallacy is that beca=
use I have authority, I must be right. We never presented you with that pre=
mise, however, and provided many others. You can't spout "appeal t=
o authority" whenever you disagree with the outlined reasons. Period.<=
/div>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at=
3:29 AM, Otto=A0<span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:otto at ottodestruct.=
com" target=3D"_blank">otto at ottodestruct.com</a>></span>=A0wrote:<blockq=
uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-=
bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(20=
4, 204, 204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
Look, if you can't even agree on the simple fact that a theme is<br>sup=
posed to be a *theme*, then this discussion is getting into the<br>"po=
intless" territory pretty darned fast.<br></blockquote><div><br></div>
<div>+1.</div><div><br></div><div>I think we're done here. You're w=
elcome to post your theme-plugin hybrid output-buffering frankenstein thing=
on your own site.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
[1]=A0<a href=3D"http://ometer.com/features.html" target=3D"_blank">http://=
ometer.com/features.html</a></div></div></div></div>
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