Top Posting and Message Trimming - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Jun 2006

Jay West wrote:

...
  If a signature is offensive, obtrusive, or
antagonistic [...] 
Only a Sith deals in absolutes. ;-)

...
  you can bet I will tell someone to remove it without
hesitation. 
You can do that, but you'd be out of bounds, there. You could tell
them to not use it on your list, though.

...
  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. 
Well, then I guess it hit you wrong. I don't think anyone suggested
that posting to this list is a right rather than 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. 
well, if that's the touchstone, you might as well shut the list down
right now, because *any* opinion on *anything* (including classic
computing) is boud to piss *someone* off.

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