Regarding codes used for Pidgin

[David Balazic]

Ethan Blanton wrote>
 
> David Balazic spake unto us the following wisdom:
> >  -  "/say /me foo" is not sent to channel, but interpreted 
> as a regular
> > "/me foo" command
> 
> Not exactly.  Pidgin interprets any incoming message of the form "/me
> foo" as an emote.  You're actually sending "/me foo" to the channel,
> your Pidgin is simply displaying it the same as it would a CTCP
> ACTION.

Why would it do that ?

Regards,
David