[MacDV] SIGS Off-Topic

[Jim Asherman]

On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 03:37  PM, Illovox Media wrote:

> on 4/18/03 12:00 PM, Jim Asherman at jimash at optonline.net wrote:
>
>> Charles,
>> Please do not include your misguided attempts at political insight in
>> your Macintosh Computing forum messages. Some of us may feel compelled
>> to take issue with your views or this practice, which has fractured the
>> group before.
>> Iraq was apparently Afghanistan with a haircut. Good enough for me.
>> Jim
>
> If it's in his sig, it's fine and not to be commented upon.  NOYB, ie, 
> as
> sigs are not discussion topics but personality identifiers....

Choosing a quote from a prominent Nazi as your personality identifier
Could give people the wrong impression and some of us might find it, 
shall we say, generally insulting .
>
> Nothing wrong with taking issue or with a group dealing with multiple 
> camps
> of opinions either.  The whole point of this democracy is freedom of 
> speech.

I am all for freedom of speech. Say what you mean . Don't hide behind 
the dead Nazis.


>
> Get it?  If not, go live in one of these countries we liberate, before
> liberation.  Then you'll welcome Charles' or anyone else's free speech.

I would assume from the quote that Charles used that in fact he does not 
think that they deserve such liberation, and would be  happier to let 
them suffer. Not me.

>
> Please, get it.  Otherwise we'll have to lump you in with all those 
> other
> militia maniacs up north and in the NW.
>
>

I am hardly a militia maniac. More like an Animaniac.
  I will quote our current president, whom I did not vote for and am no 
big fan of, " Let us fight them with soldiers instead of firemen".
And one from my mother,  " I prefer OUR liars to their liars"  Thanks 
mom.
Jim