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Because you can't depend on people to be tasteful in choosing images for signatures, it's a wise decision to forbid them completely. I would also imagine that policing signature images would be a huge PITA for the moderators.

But according to your previous post, being people who appreciate macs, we wouldn't ever choose images that aren't tasteful. d-:
 
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