Re: religious crap

2021-01-19 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Tue, 19 Jan 2021, James Linder wrote: I'm offended by having somebody tout their beliefs in a technical forum. De Grass Tyson presents argument that it is genetic, and I will not discriminate on genetics. But touting a belief is not genetic, it is for a purpose, and I think it spoils the

Re: religious crap

2021-01-19 Thread dan d.
Hmmm, it appears someone just touted their beliefs also. On Tue, 19 Jan 2021, James Linder wrote: > I'm offended by having somebody tout their beliefs in a technical forum. > De Grass Tyson presents argument that it is genetic, and I will not > discriminate on genetics. > But touting a belief

Re: religious crap

2021-01-18 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
While any given place may have its own conventions, it's not uncommon for people to have something either meaningful to them or that they thing is witty, in their .sig block (after a line consisting of just dash dash space). The most that is usually expected is that something not be illegal,

Re: religious crap

2021-01-18 Thread Peter West
James, What, and who, exactly, are you referring to? Peter > On 19 Jan 2021, at 5:00 pm, James Linder wrote: > > I'm offended by having somebody tout their beliefs in a technical forum. > De Grass Tyson presents argument that it is genetic, and I will not > discriminate on genetics. > But

religious crap

2021-01-18 Thread James Linder
I'm offended by having somebody tout their beliefs in a technical forum. De Grass Tyson presents argument that it is genetic, and I will not discriminate on genetics. But touting a belief is not genetic, it is for a purpose, and I think it spoils the forum. Please don't. James