Re: [rp-ml] Detroit Bomber STL File

Brock,

Please explain to me how something can effectively be "banned" on the RPLM?

This incident has me wondering how long it will be before pornography
(perhaps this is the equivalent?) shows up here. IMHO it would not improve
the RPML or reflect well on the AM industry in general if a significant
number of us condone it.

Best Regards
Greg Pettengill

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Brock Hinzmann <bhinzmann@sbi-i.com> wrote:

> I am guessing the 3-D "scan" of the Nigerian Bomber's head is no more than
> a caricature, as other bobble head caricatures have been. Over the years,
> such offers have been more or less offensive to one person or another on the
> list, no doubt, but at least they have been on topic, in terms of the
> ability to make a copy on the types of machines the RP-ML discusses. If you
> want to ban this one, you need to go back and ban all of the other ones.
>
> As for being a waste of my time, it is less so than all of the phony
> Nigerian e-mails I get asking me to act as an agent in a
> multi-million-dollar scheme to launder money, which e-mail has made
> annoyingly easier to send than 30 years ago, when they arrived in the
> regular mail. Perhaps I have just developed a thick skin that allows these
> things to bounce off.
>
> Delete.
>
> Brock Hinzmann
>
>
> Greg wrote:
>
>> Marshall,
>>
>> With all due respect, I disagree with you. As it appears to me now,
>> Sebastien's "complaint" is far more appropriate than the hawking of
>> tasteless and offensive wares.
>>
>> Although Sebastien may be a little naive about how the RPML (are we going
>> to have to change the name to AMML?) functions in situations like this, I
>> feel he acted in a reasonable and responsible manner. He went so far as to
>> offer suggestions for alternative and more appropriate venues.
>> Best Regards
>> Greg Pettengill
>>
>> Cote' Art & Engineering, Inc.
>> website: coteart.com <http://coteart.com>
>>
>> (321)420-9037 Land Line
>> (321)269-7587 Cell
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Marshall Burns <ListMail2@fabbers.com<mailto:
>> ListMail2@fabbers.com>> wrote:
>>
>> This complaint is inappropriate. Other people have used this list
>> to offer
>> STL files to the members. People even occasionally put up commercial
>> notices, such as for conferences, offering machines for sale, etc.
>> All of
>> that is appropriate. I do wonder about the tastefulness of
>> offering an STL
>> file of a man facing criminal charges, but such questions of taste
>> should
>> not incur censorship here.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Marshall
>> www.fabbers.com <http://www.fabbers.com>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi <mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi>
>> [mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
>> <mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi>] On Behalf
>> Of Sebastien Bailard
>> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 18:57
>> To: faceto3d@aol.com <mailto:faceto3d@aol.com>
>> Cc: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi <mailto:rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi>
>> Subject: Re: [rp-ml] Detroit Bomber STL File
>>
>> Flagged as unsolicited commercial email.
>>
>> Moderators, could you deal with this?
>> Jack, could you get your own soapbox, or dare I suggest, _pay_ to
>> put up
>> some online ads? Blogs are cheap. This list's time is not.
>>
>> -Sebastien Bailard
>> RepRap.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On January 3, 2010 06:47:09 pm Jack sent the following unsolicited
>> commercial email:
>> >
>> > Faceto3d has created an STL file for the Detroit Bomber from
>> Nigeria who
>> has been in the news for the past week.
>> >
>> > If you would like a complimentary copy of the file, please
>> respond with
>> you request to faceto3d@aol.com <mailto:faceto3d@aol.com>.
>> >
>> > Jack
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
Received on Mon Jan 04 18:52:47 2010