Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user
On Mon, 21 May 2007 16:31:12 GMT
"s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca> wrote:
> Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>:
> >
> > 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
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