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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl? Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 02:26:28 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <17be420c4f90bfc7$63225$1585792$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <17bf321f9c15028e$2$2218499$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <17bf5ce92e8c43b4$672$1351842$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 02:26:29 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1f772e86b92e4e92abbdfa1f5cdbad13"; logging-data="749563"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18QxEGfvwD3yJukXhRbnk18" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:JZz/945gOrzYAc7Xq2B3ehs3T2g= Bytes: 3682 On 2024-04-09, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > >> On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 08:24:11 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >> >> >>>> I'd say there is a difference between someone deciding to end their own >>>> life and having some thug deciding to end it for them. >>> >>> How so? >> >> One is a choice by an individual the other is an infringement and act of >> aggression by a another person. > > Both are bad. Both are symptoms of socio-economic problems. But killing ANOTHER person is MUCH worse than killing yourself. If you can't see why than you're an idiot. >> Do you think eliminating firearms would eliminate suicide? > > I said nothing about eliminating firearms. But they need the same type of > control applied to driving automobiles. > > Oh well, it'll never happen here in John Wayne country. > >> When Britain used coal gas sticking your head in an oven was a popular >> method; q.v. Sylvia Plath. After the transition to natural gas, which does >> not have a carbon monoxide component, the suicide rate did not go down. >> >> The same question could be asked about homicides. The Brits seem to do >> quite well with knives and clubs. > > Quite well? An odd turn of phrase. > >> Then there is the elephant in the room the politically correct would >> rather ignore. Subtract out POCs killing each other and the homicide rate >> looks very similar to Canada or western European countries. > > If true, so what? Again, look at socio-economics and crowding. > -- [Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." "It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine