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   -=> paul lee wrote to Mike Powell <=-   
      
    MP> Python rejects $1.5m US government grant to avoid compromising ethics   
    MP> with anti-DEI policies   
      
    pl> Freaking ridiculous. I hate these FOSS projects that put politics over   
    pl> everything - and alienate GREAT developers because they don't align   
    pl> 100%.   
      
    pl> Stupidity.   
      
   And it's bigger than just that.   
      
   By saying that they are embrassing DEI (i.e. Didn't Earn It), they are   
   admitting that they are allowing incompetent people to work on the project.    
   And accepting changes by those incompetent people.   
      
   It's now only a matter of time before Python crashes hard.  Everything Woke   
   turns to s#!t.   
      
      
   ... Life is not fair...it IS, however, quite a circus.   
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