On: The Impermanence, Karma, and Bad Behavior of Why T...

[steveklabnik]

I read that as showing how he actually cared about _why? as a person, rather than as his persona. He doesn't really care about _why?'s code, he cares that everything is okay with him.

[unalone → steveklabnik]

But _why's name isn't Jonathan, Zed didn't know him in person, and in the one public conversation they had _why and Zed weren't on the same side of the argument.

We have no proof that _why is in any trouble at all, and this isn't the first time he's nuked things he created. There's nothing much about the person to be worried about, and the persona isn't real. Zed just likes ranting. (BTW, if you're worried about a person and how they're doing, you don't call them names.)

[steveklabnik → unalone]

I don't know what _why?'s name is, I have no idea if Zed knew him, or not. Just saying that that's how I read it initially.

Also, it might be poor form to call someone names, but just because you disagree with one of someone's actions, doesn't mean you don't like them.

You can say someone did a bad thing without thinking that they're a bad person.