<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> >>It's called Diversity. Recognize it. Respect it. Celebrate it.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Umm, some of us actually are recognizing and respecting <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Marshall</st1:place></st1:City>’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. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> 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 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Marshall</st1:place></st1:City>’s recognition that he is dependent on a force greater than himself? It’s called Diversity. Recognize it. Respect it. Celebrate it. <o:p></o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p> <u1:PersonName u2:st="on">Dean May</u1:PersonName>             cell 812.239.3359 <o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 <o:p></o:p> <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Terre Haute</st1:City></u1:City> <u1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IN</u1:State></st1:State>  <u1:PostalCode u2:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47802</u1:PostalCode></st1:PostalCode></st1:place></u1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@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<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> 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 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> 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. <o:p></o:p> <div> On 10/29/07, Mark Purney <<a href="mailto:mark.purney@mesapiano.com" target="_blank"> mark.purney@mesapiano.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p> 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. <a href="mailto:paulrevenkojones@aol.com" target="_blank">paulrevenkojones@aol.com </a>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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>