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RE: Deprecate _emacs on Windows


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: Deprecate _emacs on Windows
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:38:32 -0700

Come on.  This is getting silly.  Now there is a _warning_ when you start Emacs
with an init file named `_emacs'.  A ***WARNING***?  You have got to be kidding.
Ridiculous.

No doubt due to a pampered American generation or two having been brought up
with extreme protection, from crash helmets for 3-year-old tricyclists to...
what's next?  Disclaimers that alphabet soup might accidentally spell out
offensive words?

This phenomenon is a by-product of a unique civil law system gone
litigation-crazy.  And the influence extends beyond Amerika, unfortunately.
People everywhere come to think it's only natural to **SCREAM ALARMIST
WARNINGS** at users about the slightest potential boo-boo.

It's one thing for some company to issue such silly warnings to avoid possible
lawsuits; it's another thing for everyone and her brother to act likewise for no
real reason other than habit.

Emacs need not fear a lawsuit in this case - and its users deserve better than
being beat over the head with such silliness.  When pseudo-warnings abound about
anything and everything, any real warnings lose their significance.




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