I agree with the list. I think Steve’s comment are reasonable but I don’t see the tie to IBM Main as it is not and employee / employer relationship. It seems this relationship is a courtesy by Alabama Univeristy that they can sever at any time
Regards, Matt Hogstrom [email protected] (919)656-0564 On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 15:35 Steve Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > I very much agree with the principles of your idea, but the > problem is politics can be on topic when a government entity > (State, Nation, County, City) begins to entertain something that > affects our ability to work or communicate, etc. > > Religion can come into play when one is being impacted. Example > being put on call when it is a Holy Day you are required to keep > and resulting discussions. > > While in the USofA you might fall back on EEOC, it was not > until fairly recently that the standard for reasonable > accommodation was changed to be in favor of the employee and not > the employer. Now, where I used to work, management would have to > do scheduling that kept from putting me in the on call list from > Friday evening to Saturday evening, or similar for a Holy Day... > > But otherwise, I agree with the list you have below. > > Regards, > Steve Thompson > On 7/13/2026 2:11 PM, Rupert Reynolds wrote: > > I tried expanding the twit list to include everyone involved in > conversation with trolls here, and ended up receiving nothing from > IBM-MAIN, which is less than ideal. > > > > It used to stick to 3 ideals pretty well: > > . no ad-hominem > > . no politics > > . no religion > > > > Is that no longer a viable option? > > > > Roops > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
