Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:46:09AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> 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.
>
Agreed. Further, I would argue that a request to change a sig is not
OT; it is overhead of maintaining a healthy user environment that
everyone should read and not filter out as OT. It shouldn't make for a
long thread. For example:
A's sig:
How many Queen's students does it take to change a lightbulb?
One to hold the bulb while the world revolves around him/her.
B:
I'm a Queens' grad and I find your sig offensive.
A: Sorry.
A's new sig:
How many psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb?
One, but the lightbulb really has to want to change.
End of A and B's thread.
Doug.
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