Brion Vibber wrote:
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Everybody, please don't bother discussing alternative bold and italic markup. That's not on the table right now.
Hi Brion,
thanks for this message. However, please may I cheekishly take the liberty to point out that it could have been worded less authoritatively? You see, while it is of course perfectly within your rights and freedoms to leave the bold/italic mark-up the way it is, I am finding it somewhat objectionable that you are implying that we should all stop discussing it. Perhaps a better way to respond would be something like: "Bold and italic mark-up is not on the table right now, so I am going to ignore the rest of this thread." This will tell the participants that the discussion is futile, but does not imply that it is in some way "forbidden".
Thanks, Timwi