A new take on the foot-gun meme

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: A new take on the foot-gun meme
Date: 2008-06-30 04:57:03
Message-ID: 11840.1214801823@sss.pgh.pa.us
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[ after recovering from choking... ]

Tom "spot" Callaway presents a vivid new image in this line:

> What you're doing is analogous to using a loaded shotgun as a golf club,
> and what you're suggesting is that we take the safety off, because it
> interferes with your golf game.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-June/msg01501.html

So is that a "golf club gun"?

regards, tom lane

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