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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 19 December 2006 08:31 \__
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>> Peter Kai Jensen <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>> Hadron Quark wrote:
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>>>>>> I don't insult you because you have a BSc : I laugh at you because
>>>>>> you choose to show it off in your .signature
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, he actually has the degree, unlike your nonexistent affiliation
>>>>> with CERN. I really do not see why you laugh at him for displaying
>>>>> it in his signature. That's like laughing at someone putting his
>>>>> title on his business card, and that *would* be rather stupid,
>>>>> wouldn't it?
>>>>
>>>> Please tell me you dont equate the two?
>>>
>>> I see no reason not to. Some of us choose not to hide behind the cloak
>>> of Internet anonymity, so why not have our signature actually (*shock*
>>> *horror*) tell people something about the person?
>>>
>>>>>> - a very, very unusual and "bad form" thing to do IMO.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why?
>>>>
>>>> Because a lot of posters have them.
>>>
>>> What a stupid argument. Did you consider that it might be a standard
>>> signature used all over Usenet? Even if not, how is the commonness of a
>>> title any reason not to display it in the signature?
>>>
>>>> And it is blatant showing off.
>>>
>>> Would it not be more "showing off", if the title was very uncommon?
>>> Looks to me like you're just jealous of someone who actually has what it
>>> takes to complete formal engineering education. Unless you're a lot
>>> more competent than your posts here indicate, you would barely pass.
>>>
>>
>> I think that this point probably is getting to the bottom of things.
>> Probably there's a view at Microsoft Central that if posters are
>> displaying some professional qualifications, then it will add to their
>> credibility.
>>
>> Let's try it out, and see if there's an improvement in quality of flames:
>>
>> Mark Kent
>> Postgrad CertMngmt (Open University)
>> BSc(Hons) Electronics with Physics
>> MIET
>
> As a short reminder, HQ once added CERN to his headers, despite having no
> connection with them.
>
This is the problem with having adjustable morals. If it's okay to put
a lie about professional connections in a header, it /must/ be okay to
put professional qualifications in a .sig, I would have thought.
Unless, of course, you have one rule for yourself and one rule for
others.
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