Re: Candidates representing me

Somehow it does not surprise me that I am receiving a good deal of flack
about what I wrote, not just from Ann. I still stand by what I said.
Statements of a religious/gender/racial/political/what-have-you nature are
going to be misconstrued to be offical representations of the Guild by
some. I was told THAT when I became a list guide & that I, even responding
as a provate member when not on duty, would be seen as a representative of
the Guild & had to keep that in mind.

There are, of course, no NG about sigs. I did not say that there should be.
Nor even that he should stop using his sig. I only said that he "should
give some consideration to how some of us may feel turned off by personal
statements of a religious nature." I fail to see why it is not acceptable
for me to say that. I feel like *I* am now being attacked for expressing my
opinion. And yet I am told we all have that right. Interesting, that.

Deborah


At 02:40 PM 1/12/98 -0800, Ann Navarro wrote:
>At 03:46 PM 1/12/98 -0600, Deborah Adelman wrote:
>>>Jimmie's sig reads: "Religon is Man reaching to a god.  Jesus Is God
>>>reaching to man."  
>>
>>This may seem petty to many of you & it is just my own humble opinion, but
>>this sig line is offensive to me. I am not Christian. Jimmie, you are
>>wanting to represent me to the world as the HWG GB memeber? Then I think
>>you should give some consideration to how some of us may feel turned off by
>>personal statements of a religious nature.
>
>We do need to remember that this election is NOT about "representation",
>but selecting individuals that are qualified to guide the Guild through
>it's stated activities and to nuture it into thriving as a business (dual
>roles). Candidates should be judged on their qualifications to do that, not
>on whether they're Christian, Agnostic, White, Black, fat, skinny,
>able-bodied, handicapped, redheaded or bald. 
>
>Therefore, someone's religious stance has no bearing on that task, nor
>should your (or anyone else's) opinion on someone's religious choices. 
>
>The Guild DOES NOT censure members based on personal beliefs, nor do they
>control the content of .sig files, outside of netiquette guidelines and the
>guild's ruleset (which does not prohibit that which you are complaining
>about). 
>
>Ann
>
>
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