Hi Eliot,

some thoughts for you...

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the  
same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an  
unhealthy state of things.

-- Winston Churchill

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To  
destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

-- again Winston Churchill 

 > Can we please get back to writing code, collaborating and making  
progress with Pharo and Squeak

Sure you can, you are everyone's darling.

So 4 years of trying my damnedest to do exactly as you recommend has  
simply helped my understanding of Jesus' words. We all know the first  
part of the sentence, however the second has suddenly gained a new  
ring of truth.

Matthew 7:6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls  
to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then  
turn and tear you to pieces."

When you say, ah but that is life in software, its not an idea world,  
get over it, live with it, the end justifies the means, you side with  
the pigs.

To the board:

~ Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way  
it kills them. - Satre

regards

victim number 2

Keith

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