<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<node id="633159" title="Re^2: Were it not a monastery, my favourite metaphor for PerlMonks would have been:" created="2007-08-16 15:08:09" updated="2007-08-16 11:08:09">
<type id="11">
note</type>
<author id="409850">
blazar</author>
<data>
<field name="doctext">
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt;Perl politics,perl government, perl united .... etc&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Well, the poll was about &lt;em&gt;places&lt;/em&gt; (where people go or gather to... well, do something!) while &lt;em&gt;politics&lt;/em&gt; is an abstract concept and government is not necessarily so abstract, but far from being an actual place, unless you take into account the palaces of politics. Either way, I don't like your suggestion, since it stresses the idea of an &lt;em&gt;institutional&lt;/em&gt; Perl whereas Perl, notwithstanding &lt;c&gt;$Larry&lt;/c&gt; and &lt;c&gt;@Larry&lt;/c&gt; -nay, &lt;em&gt;thanks&lt;/em&gt; to them!- is much a community thing, written and mainteined by the community for the community. Real people, for the most part, gather in a pub, in a cinema, in a factory... sometimes in an asylum... not in a government house! Also the hinted idea of a Perl party sounds much like "closed mind" to me: I am a Perl supporter all the way, and I have a bad opinion of e.g. Python... but even as a metaphor I couldn't stand the image of a Perl party &lt;em&gt;against&lt;/em&gt; a Python party.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[wp://Straight Ahead (Pennywise album)|Plus]:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;Fools run the government&lt;br&gt;
Sick forein policy&lt;br&gt;
Their words sound valiant&lt;br&gt;
But their hands are green&lt;br&gt;
Unending quest for power&lt;br&gt;
Taxes that make us slaves&lt;br&gt;
Don't believe a word of it&lt;br&gt;
Ignore the f**ked up things they say&lt;br&gt;
Cause I'm gonna make it on my own&lt;br&gt;
Dictator on a throne&lt;br&gt;
Make my own philosophy&lt;br&gt;
US OF ME&lt;br&gt;
A citizen who's really pissed&lt;br&gt;
United Anarchists&lt;br&gt;
Give me death or liberty&lt;br&gt;
I AM MY OWN COUNTRY&lt;br&gt;
UNITED STATES CONFEDERATE OF ME&lt;/blockquote&gt;</field>
<field name="root_node">
632078</field>
<field name="parent_node">
632125</field>
</data>
</node>
