14 Jun
2006
14 Jun
'06
2:16 p.m.
jvdg wrote....
Some may find some of my signatures offensive for
reasons religious or
political, but "feh!" I say to that. I was taught that (the contents of)
signatures are off-limits for dicussion. Dunno what, if any, RFC that is
in.
If it isn't in one, it should be. The sig file represents our fifteen
pieces
of flair. We do want to express ourselves, don't we?
If a signature is
offensive, obtrusive, or antagonistic you can bet I will
tell someone to remove it without hesitation. Perhaps I'm grouchy this
morning, but this phraseology above hits me as "posting here is my right"
which it most certainly is not; it's a privilege. Putting certain
political/social/religious sentiments in a post, be it a signature or in the
body, is simply not allowed. This policy isn't because I'm anti-politics, on
the contrary, I'm a political junkie. But this is not a political discussion
list and and someone spouting political rhetoric (on either side of the
aisle) is bound to tick someone off.
The concept that "I can put anything I want in my signature and you have to
live with it and not say anything because it's my billboard" is simply,
well, officially false on this list.
Jay West