Shawn McMahon wrote: > begin quoting what Will Yardley said on Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at > 02:32:41PM -0800: > > and hopefully this won't set off a long discussion (yet again), but > > many believe that it's generally silly (and unnecessary) to sign > > posts to a public mailing list most of the time. > Many believe the Earth is flat, that aliens abduct farmers and dissect > cows, and that when the rich get richer the poor get poorer. I assume > no responsibility for correcting their lack of understanding, nor for > saving their delicate sensibilities.
well i was stating an *opinion* (and i didn't even say that it was _my_ opinion). i think most (reasonable) people would agree that saying the earth is flat would be a factual distortion and not an opinion. > If you object to my signatures, procmail is easily capable of routing > all of my emails to /dev/null. the issue wasn't a personal accusation. you're welcome to sign (or not sign) your emails as you wish. in any event, the intent was not to start a flamewar here, or suggest that you stop signing your mails, but simply to present another opinion to the original poster. i think you're taking my message a little too personally. -- Will Yardley input: william < @ hq . newdream . net . >
