On 20/09/06, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
Is Phil getting smeared now? I can't say I'm surprised. To the process wonk, process is the most important thing there is, way more important than the goals of the project it's supposed to support. Denying or disavowing the sacred process is the most cardinal of sins.
I don't deny that Phil's declaration was provocative. It calls to mind Colonel Cathcart's objection to Yossarian's attitude: "What if everyone felt that way?" But Yossarian's retort is equally apt: "Then I'd certainly be a fool not to."
So if he follows policy he will go insane and be nervous and have to ignore all rules anyway, and if he says he doesn't want to follow policy he is no longer sane enough to be an admin, as some are claiming in this thread.
Yossarian lives...
Peter Ansell