[mdlug] OFF OFFTOPIC Sigfiles

[mike bader]

In mine, I allow one or two text lines, no graphics, no links, no 
politics or religion.

Mike Bader

On 5/29/2009 6:37 PM, Raymond McLaughlin wrote:
> Michael Corral wrote:
>    
>> 2009-05-29, Monsieur Dan Pritts a ecrit:
>>      
>>> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:58:39PM -0400, Robert Jim Fulner wrote:
>>>        
>>>> BTW: . "No one here cares
>>>> about your political views (or those of anyone else).", is not actually an
>>>> accurate treatment as that would exclude me. I care about the political
>>>> opinion of each and every one of you.
>>>>          
>>> It's also an untrue statement on the face of it.
>>>
>>> If the writer didn't care about your political views, they wouldn't
>>> care what you have in your signature file.
>>>        
>> Not true at all. I'd say the same thing whether a signature was an ad
>> for the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party, Loony
>> Party, etc. Explicit calls to join a political party (of any stripe)
>> should be left off this list, in my opinion, whether they are part of
>> a signature or the main body of an email. It's just in bad taste.
>>
>> For example, MDLUG list moderator Garry Stahl has a pro-Libertarian bit
>> on his website (<http://phoenixinn.iwarp.com/Politicks/whatis.html>),
>> but I've never seen an explicit call to join the Libertarian Party in
>> his posts to the list (please don't start now, Garry! :).
>>
>> Michael
>>      
>
> I disagree with you here Michael. I regard signatures like  bumper
> stickers. I wouldn't expect anyone to take a sticker off their car to
> come to a meeting, and I don't expect anyone to change their sigfile
> just to  post to our list. If you disagree with one that you see write
> your own in reply. Or just ignore it. Personally I find the commercial
> advertisements that some mail services affix more objectionable than
> anyone's considered opinion. But it's really not worth taking issue with.
>
> Too much issue has been take as it is.
>
> Raymond McLaughlin
>
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