*At this point you need to take your arguments to python-ideas or python-dev (probably the latter),*

I used Python once and will probably never use it again.  I'm not nearly invested enough to evangelize on several mailing lists the validity of a bug that I've already reported.

If you want treat take my bug report as the ramblings of a selfish kook who doesn't know squat about language design or development, then you need take no further action.

However if you'd rather consider that someone with little investment in the language who took the time to form a cogent argument pointing out a surprising and possibly buggy behavior might in fact represent the sentiments of Python user base at large, then you should consider re-opening this bug.