On Mon, 21 May 2007 12:31:01 -0400 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 08:36 +0000, steef wrote: > > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 11:57:42AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > > <.............> > > > As a side note I must say that I have been a member of a volunteer > > > organization for 11 years and I have seen a bit of the dynamic involved > > > in such a group. The best "contributors" were mostly the same persons > > > participating in "off-topic" activities, but still organized within the > > > "community". > > > > > > Regards, > > > Andrei > > > > > being a list-member for about five or six years I support warmly > > andrei's opinion on the above topic. > > So, then, lets say that a member of Islam has a very "provocative, but > very accepted in their culture, quote." > > Are we going to censor that? > What kind of retaliation is that going to endure? > > You seem to forget, what may be TOTALLY acceptable to one culture, may > in-fact be COMPLETELY offensive and unacceptable in another. > > Such is the case with advertising, ads that go over *VERY* well in the > UK, are seen as stupid and offensive in the US. And the US ads in the > UK. So by your reasoning, All ads should become very drawl and > ineffective in any medium? Hear, hear. I made a similar point elsewhere in this thread; many sigs on the list infuriate me. Should we ban them, because I consider them unnecessarily rude and offensive? And also, they undeniably waste bandwidth. > So, how is my .sig now? > -- > greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > That was as boring as a performance of "Richard the 3rd" with potatoes for > actors. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]