[wplug] Iomega products
Guy Patten
gpatten at verizon.net
Fri Jun 11 14:44:16 EDT 2004
Well said!
Subject: Re: [wplug] Iomega products
From: Sean McCune <sean at redhandsoftware.com>
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> I'll have to go with the proofreading part and take what comes before
> it as being tongue-in-cheek. I don't believe we have to (or should)
> even strip our .sigs of any meaningful content in the quest for
> political correctness and not offending anyone. Sorry, but any forum
> of discussion, be it in cyberspace or meatspace, where I have to
> guard my speech from any heartfelt comments out of fear that someone
> may not like it would be a forum that no longer warrants
> participation.
>
> I would agree that a post's main content should be on-topic. We don't
> want someone posting a message where the subject is about Kerry or
> Bush, or about the price of beef in Kansas. But a .sig is *supposed*
> to be a personal statement about the sender. It attaches to the
> person's name and not the subject of their post. And some persons
> won't agree with some other persons. That's life. I tend to deal
> with someone saying something I don't agree with by saying something
> myself... whether anyone agrees with me or not.
>
> McC
> sean at sean-mccune.com
>
> "The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and
> Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making
> mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes
> from being corrected." -- G. K. Chesterton
>
>
> On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 12:42, Brandon Kuczenski wrote:
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > --------------------------- Quinn's first law: "Liberalism always
> > > generates the exact opposite of it's stated intent."
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > ---------------------------
> >
> > Could we please institute a wplug-wide ban on political rhetoric?
> > This is the second time I've had to take a long walk in order to
> > suppress the urge to respond to some kind of snide political
> > comment.
> >
> > Or at least could we take pains to proofread our .sig files?
> >
> > Respectfully as possible,
> > -Brandon
> >
> >
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Quinn's first law:
"Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of it's stated intent."
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Guy Patten
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