problem reading posts from this list

[Dean May]

>>It's called Diversity. Recognize it. Respect it. Celebrate it.

 

Umm, some of us actually are recognizing and respecting Marshall's diverse
viewpoint, celebrating it even. We are very tolerant of it. You seem to be
the one who is being intolerant and disrespecting of his right to have a tag
line that is reflective of who he is. His tag line says nothing against
anyone, nothing that could be construed as being intolerant of anyone,
nothing that is disrespectful to anyone and it adds a pleasantly diverse
color to the opinions represented. Your main beef seems to be solely its
place of origin. 

 

I mean, I could have some serious issues with Albert Einstein. His theories,
after all, lead to the most awful destructive force ever unleashed on the
planet. But if Mike wants to quote him I can respect and celebrate that. Why
can't you respect a quote that celebrates Marshall's recognition that he is
dependent on a force greater than himself? It's called Diversity. Recognize
it. Respect it. Celebrate it. 

Dean

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of paul bruesch
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 6:03 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: problem reading posts from this list

 

No one is telling anyone not to do anything. Several people are asking
everyone to please refrain from including signature tags that are
off-putting to many people. A new testament quote is really only apropos in
a Christian community. While there may be several Christians on this list,
there are also several other cultures represented here as well. Telling me
that I don't have to read someone's tag line, or even their posts, is an
inadequate solution. I'm here to read about, learn, question about piano
technology, not theological tidbits. 

If you're, say, Christian/Lutheran and go to, say, a Jewish synagogue, do
you (intentionally) play Christian/Lutheran hymns when you're done tuning?
Do you head to the office and tell them they need to find Jesus? I doubt it.
You don't do it to your customers, why assail your colleagues, many/most of
whom you do not know, with it? Some of us are Mormons, some Jewish, some
Muslim, some atheist, some Unitarian Universalist. For all we know, some may
follow Sun Myung Moon's Unification Movement or be members of L. Ron
Hubbard's Scientology. Perhaps the majority of techs in the United States
attend Christian church, but our list host (PTG) is an international
organization. The list reaches anyone who cares about piano tech, anywhere
there is Internet access, anywhere on the planet. 

It's called Diversity. Recognize it. Respect it. Celebrate it.





On 10/29/07, Mark Purney < <mailto:mark.purney at mesapiano.com>
mark.purney at mesapiano.com> wrote:

Appropriate boundaries? His tag line didn't contain profanity or a
tasteless joke. It was an encouraging quote from the New Testament! How
is that harmful?

If anything, I think that telling someone he can't put a Bible verse in 
his own email signature is an inappropriate crossing of a boundary.



paulrevenkojones at aol.com wrote:
> John:
>
> My signature, which only baffled people, had no religious/political 
> content. I like a lot of the signatures I see here, but think there
> are appropriate boundaries that should be observed. Don't you? I can
> think of lots of tag lines that could be used according to your 
> formula; I'm sure you wouldn't want to see them.
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul


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