Re: [Very-OT] rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-22 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:31:01PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: So, then, lets say that a member of Islam has a very provocative, but very accepted in their culture, quote. I assume that you mean as a signature. In the body of a message it would only be appropriate if the recipient of the

Re: [Very-OT] rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-22 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 22 May 2007 10:18:59 -0400 Douglas Allan Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 12:31:01PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: So, then, lets say that a member of Islam has a very provocative, but very accepted in their culture, quote. I assume that you mean as a

Re: [Very-OT] rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-22 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 22 May 2007, Celejar wrote: Lots of sigs are derogatory of another culture - those mocking religion, or liberal / conservative / other political views. It may help people to remember that another person cannot define you or tell anyone who you are, what kind of culture you are part

[Very-OT] rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-21 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 08:36 +, 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

Re: [Very-OT] rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-21 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 21 May 2007 12:31:01 -0400 Greg Folkert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 08:36 +, 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