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Again, let’s take any of this offline. Thanks.
> we are all grieving
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> On 1/6/2017 1:43 PM, [email protected] <mailto:[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.
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>> ----- 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
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>> 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.
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>> JANK
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>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Mark P. Fishman <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 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.
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>> 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.")
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>> Here are a few of my other occasional sig quotes, in case it helps you to understand my intent any better:
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>> "If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing."
>> -- Kingsley Amis
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>> "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.)
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>> "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
>> -- Winston Churchill
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>> Fundamentalism reads texts as if God were as simple as we are. That is unlikely to be true.
>> -- Jonathan Sacks
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>> You know your god is man-made when he hates all the same people you do.
>> -- found on the 'net
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>> 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
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>> "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
>> -- Abraham Lincoln
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>> "A sadist is a masochist who follows the Golden Rule."
>> -- Thomas Cathcart
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>> "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
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>> Money can be stolen, but no one will ever take away your education. Maybe that should tell you which has more value.
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>> "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.
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>> AND the sig is not political? " though it's not a political position so
>> much as a character analysis." LOL!
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>> Sorry, to bring this up but I am confused.
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>> JANK
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>> 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:
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>> 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.
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>> I appreciate and am grateful for your understanding. Would "Merry
>> Christmas" and "Happy Hanukkah" be appropriate now?
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>> -- m.
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