Does that matter? Does being drunk make you uncharitable, or does it merely prevent you from controlling yourself before you announce it to the world?

Yes

Yegge "proved" someone insane literally by arguing as if a humorous speech was serious. If that isn't uncharitable or worse, I need a new dictionary.

Also, this is an old, old rant. It must have been posted multiple times with other URLs.

Sorry, I thought we were talking about Yegge, I knew Wall's speech was not meant to be serious... wasn't sure about Yegge's post.

Being drunk usually brings out the true you.

No it doesn't.

Drunken rant? He comes off as much more reasonable than Yegge. Which part is the drunken rant? I only skimmed the religious part because it doesn't interest me, but I have read much worse than this from both religious types and software prima donnas. This is mild.

OK, so he says stuff about his religious views. Not my cup of tea either but he doesn't come off as a jerk about it. And it's fair, IMO, for someone to say their religious views influence their work. That is up to them, their personal opinion. Just because I am not religious myself doesn't mean I have to trash him about it. (Hint: When he says he hears from God, I don't think that's literal.)

I'm wondering if both you and Yegge are misrecognizing some of his sarcasm? (I guess Yegge is probably also exaggerating the personal aspect for comedic effect.)

OK, now I reread and I see the claim is that Yegge is drunk. Makes more sense now.