21 Jun
2000
21 Jun
'00
1:55 p.m.
At 07:24 PM 6/21/00 +0200, Hans wrote:
Chuck:
But this is exactly my point. When people say "Gee, 95% of the worlds mail
programs can handle HTML so you shouldn't complain about me sending it to
the list." They are apply their "local" cultural mores to a
"non-local"
community. You're Munichens (sp?) when they visit Florida and stroll down
the beach without tops are quite surprised when the local authorities ask
them to cover up, they are using their local code of ethics in a place
where it doesn't apply.
The point is that in "this culture" (where "this culture" is defined
to be
the set of people who subscribe to and read the classiccmp mailing list) it
is "rude" to send mail in HTML. So attempting to argue right/wrong based on
a technical discussion of the relative market penetration of HTML
compatible mail readers is fruitless. Further, discussions like "the
so-and-so list is all HTML and nobody there minds." is also not a valid
argument to support HTML in mail.
--Chuck
HTML is rude in mail messages sent to this list,
just as it is rude to
walk
around nude on a beach that has not embraced
nudity. So that is the bottom
line. We may be HTML prudes, but we're open about it.
While I agree with your ideas about HTML, this example is just ill
constructed. This may be rude in your culture, but over here, nobody
even recognizes such a behavior as 'rude' (Well, maybe if you select
some RV Park beach ...). In munich you will even find naked people
cheering the sun within public parks or along the Isar River, in the
very middle of the City ...