andrew said:
>   Did I say the idea of using light-markup in general,
>   or did I say RST?

well, first of all, even what you _did_ say was incorrect...

it wasn't anyone at d.p. that instigated restructured-text.

it was marcello, either acting entirely on his lonesome, or
maybe after having "convinced" the p.g. powers-that-be,
it was never made very clear.  i think he did it on his own.

whatever the case, it wasn't widely announced at the time,
probably because it was such a departure from the norm.

people'd been agitating for a new format for many years
-- everybody had a personal favorite they'd advocate --
but all requests were quickly shut down with a firm "no!".

so i think there was fear there'd be a big backlash when
this "new and unknown" format was suddenly supported.

but p.g. knew if it didn't do something -- and quickly --
amazon would go elsewhere -- like manybooks.com --
and grab the p.g. texts without p.g. getting any "credit".

so restructured-text was quietly added as "acceptable".

but it didn't have one damn thing to do with d.p.

or even with p.g. as a large community.

it was a back-room decision.

enacted without public input.

at the instigation of marcello.

who was using the idea i had quietly planted earlier,
as a trap.  to catch him.  and to install light-markup.
because that's the solution i knew that p.g. needed...

and -- additionally -- because i knew marcello would
screw it up...  he's a technocrat...  that's what they do...

so i gave you the right idea.  with the wrong leader.
which is exactly what you _deserve_, if you're gonna
have class-one asshole technocrats as your leaders.


>   Please read more carefully.

i read quite carefully.  even between the lines.
even the characters!  especially the sly ones...

for the record, as wolves go, you were relatively tame;
i can't remember that you ever went the viscous route.
your digs were the passive-aggressive kind, like this...

at any rate, even if what you said would've been "true"
-- and it wasn't, but even if it was -- i will not let you
hide the big truth by some sly implication of a tiny one.

not before.  and not now.  and not in the future, either.

so, do we understand each other?

-bowerbird