On Mon, 21 May 2007 16:31:12 GMT "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I see your point about offensiveness, but I'll point out that the OT > > thread I started (Good, evil, etc) was a response to a sig that I felt > > attacked religion unfairly. Many people use quite provocative sigs, > > ridiculing (often wittily) political or religious views they oppose. If > > we demand that posts be inoffensive, I counter-request that people cut > > the offensive sigs. > > No. Think about what you're saying. Sigs are a time honoured > practice, and if you don't like one, hit delete and move on. Or, if Um, (we) OTers have been saying this until we're blue in the face - "if you don't like our rants, hit delete and move on"! > you prefer, email 'em off-list and tell 'em what you think. You've no > right to tell them what to think, say, or write. Of course I have no right - that's exactly the point! Why does anyone, then, think they have the right to tell Roberto or me what to think, say or write [0]! "Oh, but it's a public list, and we're using Debian resources" - and that could apply to sigs as well. You aren't explaining why someone can be offensive in a sig but not in a full post. The only distinction you've made is that sigs are time-honored; I'll follow the lists code of conduct, but not necessarily what you consider time honored (religion is time honored, and lots of my fellow list members aren't impressed in the slightest :)). [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/05/msg02882.html Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
