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On 1/6/2017 1:43 PM, [email protected] [EAC] wrote:
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> I find the quote somewhat offensive but not as much as the response.
> I will not be using, buying or contributing to anything EAC any more.
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* James Jankiewicz [email protected] [EAC]
> <mailto:[email protected]%20[EAC]>
> *To:* Mark P. Fishman <mailto:[email protected]>
> *Cc:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 06, 2017 2:08 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [EAC] Changing Track Sequence
>
> I think this went off the rails to another topic or something but back
> to the point, I find the use of the quote extremely political and no
> diffusing or excuse or deflection that " I rotate my signatures "
> holds any rationale for me. I als don't appreciate the condescension
> of the reply.
>
> JANK
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Mark P. Fishman <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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> The reason I say it's not political is that I tend to pick (and
> rotate) sig quotes that might appear to support or oppose just
> about every ideological position possible. It was not my intention
> to take a political stand among people who know me only slightly
> and not at all in person, and, had I thought about it, I'd have
> deleted the quote before posting.
>
> That said, I do believe that the three sure-fire conversation
> starters are sex, religion, and politics. Here in Massachusetts,
> we used to be able to get all three into 2 words: "Ted Kennedy."
> But, de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est. (The original Greek
> version translates as "Don’t badmouth a dead man.")
>
> Here are a few of my other occasional sig quotes, in case it helps
> you to understand my intent any better:
>
> "If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing."
> -- Kingsley Amis
>
> "Il est dangereux d'avoir raison dans des choses ou des hommes
> accredites ont tort."
> -- Voltaire
> (It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are
> wrong.)
>
> "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation
> with the average voter."
> -- Winston Churchill
>
> Fundamentalism reads texts as if God were as simple as we are.
> That is unlikely to be true.
> -- Jonathan Sacks
>
> You know your god is man-made when he hates all the same people
> you do.
> -- found on the 'net
>
> It is hard to believe a man is telling you the truth when you know
> you would lie if you were in his place.
> -- H.L. Mencken
>
> "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a
> man's character, give him power."
> -- Abraham Lincoln
>
> "A sadist is a masochist who follows the Golden Rule."
> -- Thomas Cathcart
>
> "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
>
> Money can be stolen, but no one will ever take away your
> education. Maybe that should tell you which has more value.
>
> "No one is so foolish as to prefer war to peace: in peace children
> bury their fathers, while in war fathers bury their children."
> -- Herodotus
>
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> On 12/20/2016 12:58 PM, James Jankiewicz [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]> [EAC] wrote:
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> Ok no angry political arguing. BUT "Therefore, I will not
> permit any
> messages or signatures which support Trump, the GOP in general, or
> right-wing political views or causes" - so only liberal bias?
> Golly.
>
> AND the sig is not political? " though it's not a political
> position so
> much as a character analysis." LOL!
>
> Sorry, to bring this up but I am confused.
>
> JANK
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:59 AM, 'Mark P. Fishman'
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> [EAC] <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>
> Fred: sorry about that. Had I thought about it, I'd
> probably have
> deleted the signature quote before posting, even though
> it's not a
> political position so much as a character analysis. For
> some reason
> I'm getting away with it at work so far, though. I wasn't
> intending
> to provoke, and I am willing to apologize to anyone who
> finds my
> choice of quotes to be offensive, as I am an equal-opportunity
> offender. I believe in comforting the afflicted and
> afflicting the
> comfortable, as the saying goes.
>
> I appreciate and am grateful for your understanding. Would
> "Merry
> Christmas" and "Happy Hanukkah" be appropriate now?
>
> -- m.
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Not my monkeys