I'd say be careful about reading into this thread too much. It's a public, ad hoc discussion, and won't be as carefully phrased or researched as a blog entry. Cherry-picking one quote, like "Clojure just needs to start saying yes" from a discussion like that and treating it like a mantra doesn't improve discussion nor is it fair to any of the participants.
It's an interesting thread, I'm glad it was linked, but take it for what it really is. Hickey's response is a good counter-argument to "languages should always say yes" but basically ignores any of the other subtleties of the discussion. His comment is a starting point, but he hasn't engaged and no one has responded (yet).
I actually thought it was as fair and representative a quote as I could pull from the discussion; my apologies to Mr. Yegge if it's uncharitable from his perspective.
I understand, you've got a very limited space to work with. Just saying that anyone following the link should take your heading with the grain of salt it deserves.
(And the point is much less relevant now that Rich and Steve have both continued the discussion here)
It's an interesting thread, I'm glad it was linked, but take it for what it really is. Hickey's response is a good counter-argument to "languages should always say yes" but basically ignores any of the other subtleties of the discussion. His comment is a starting point, but he hasn't engaged and no one has responded (yet).