Klarinet Archive - Posting 000122.txt from 1997/02

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: religion online
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 08:42:25 -0500

Please leave the proselytizing for alt.religion
(1 line sentence followed by a long signature)

At 08:24 AM 2/5/97 -0500, Gary Bisaga wrote:
>Warning -- non-clarinet related material follows.
>
>At 12:08 AM 2/5/97 -0500, Neil Leupold wrote:
>>I ask the same question as Mrs. Wayne. Whether the references are
>>a form of Christian cyber-evangelism or not, it seems that Klarinet
>>is not really an appropriate place to advertise one's personal private
>>beliefs on any subject beyond what relates closely to the clarinet.
>
>I don't agree, Neil. Like Tracy, I too am a Christian, but this is not why
>I disagree. Even in specialized forums like the Klarinet list it has long
>been common practice that people put their personal beliefs in their
>signature files. The signature file people use typically has nothing to do
>with the forum in which they post messages. Thus, I would consider it
>acceptable for people to put, within reasonable bounds of good taste,
>legality, etc. their own personal beliefs in their .sig files.
>
>I do agree that Tracy's original message was an Internet faux pas because
>it only consisted of one line of text followed by 9 lines of signature
>file. However, I have seen this many times before on many different
>mailing lists, including this one. Unless Tracy makes a habit of posting
>one-line messages with this 9-line .sig file, I don't feel a censure is in
>order.
>
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>Gary Bisaga Lead Software Architect, Integration/Interaction Laboratory
>Mitre/Advanced Aviation System Development Psalm 51:10, John 3:16-21
>gbisaga@-----.com/~gbisaga
>
>
David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwind Instructor Univ. of Penn,. Bryn Mawr College