OT - OT discussion, is it ethical?

[Soeren]

I just had to ask...

And I fear that the response are going to tell me more about the respondees ethical standards, than about the subject ;)

Have a nice weekend y'all (what's left of it anyway).

[Mike Marlow]

One might wonder just why you "had to ask". The second sentence makes you appear either arrogant enough or presumptuous enough to give good cause not to bother answering your question.

[johnny rotten]

[Charlie Self]

Mike Marlow responds:

And he's pre-judged his own subject by posting OT.

Charlie Self "Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good." H. L. Mencken

[Frank Ketchum]

(John Stewart voice) Worst troll ever!

[Soeren]

Hi Mike,

Sorry, I posted in a sort of response to a thread in both rec.woodworking and alt.woodworking.marketplace (Subject: Re: OT - Stem Cell Research, is it ethical?) With eg. this: Message-ID:

Which in alt.woodworking.marketplace is ferociosly dominant compared to "wood issues". and with arguments for "mixing screws, nails and nuts in the same bag".

I x-posted only since that thread was x-posted and regretfully, I did not check the impact on this group beforehand :-/

Well, if you read the thread mentioned, perhaps you get my point, but then again... Why did you bother ?

[Uncle Lucky]

Yeah, what HE said.

[brandt]

I do not like OT posts. If I want a discussion on religion, politics, sex etc... I will visit those sites.

[mac davis]

you might also ask if trolling is ethical..

or if your trolling is just annoying drivel, or also unethical..

[Charlie Self]

Please do. And consider not responding to OT sites if you don't like them.

Charlie Self "Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good." H. L. Mencken

[philski]

So...don't read them. If you are fully set against Off Topic postings, then in your newsreader, set up a filter to delete OT messages. You will never see them. Of course, you may see someone's else's reply to such postings but hey, if you don't like the show, change the channel!

Philski

[Old Nick]

On 28 Nov 2004 04:03:44 GMT, Soeren vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

Well then, I immediately feel that you will not be listening properly anyway.

[Cute Swinger 8)]