On Thursday 17 of April 2014 14:28:04 Carlos E. R. wrote:
Arguably, signatures are not part of the content of the email and are not subject to the general "rules".
You may push for a netiquette rule restricting content in signatures, but so far, we don't have it. I suggest you take that to the project mail list.
So, if one puts part of his slanderous answer in a signature, that means that the project condones this behaviour?
( And in any case, that text in the signature you object to, is in fact signed by somebody else. You should direct your opinion to that person instead, IMO. And freedom of speech applies. :-) )
There's a gap here between what the quotation was about and what you and others claim. According to the quotation, a man of faith is ill. Since being ill is not someone's opinion but a factual statement, which in this case is plainly false (what medical condition is caused by or is the consequence of faith?) and illness carries negative connotation, this quotation is slanderous, it is not just an opinion. Slanderous statements are by definition attacks against a person by denigrating his inherent qualities, one of which is his health. Imagine, for example, someone claiming that "people whose name is Carlos are sick". Is this merely an opinion? Also, this quotation was not presented in this mailing list by the one who said it, it was presented here by Anton Aylward, who apparently agrees with it. Are you implying that one cannot be offensive or slanderous if he quotes someone else's words?
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
Regards, Peter -- Now I can slander everyone here without consequences! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org