STYLE properties not supported?

Hi all, So, I was playing around with my signature today. I remember reading somewhere that font tags were the tool of the devil, and so was looking to use a SYTLE property like this:

<p STYLE="font-size: 50%">my sig</p>
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however, it looks like the STYLE information is being stripped. Is this explicitly disallowed for a reason that I'm not aware of? I'm not a CSS guru, so I'll admit that I'm not fully aware of everything malicious that could be done with it.

thor

Feel the white light, the light within
Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will
With all of us waiting, your kingdom will come

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Re: STYLE properties not supported? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Aug 23, 2004 at 22:56 UTC
Among the many fun things you could do: `<p style="position:fixed;top:0;left:0;height:100%;width:100%;backgroun +d-color:black"></p>` [download] If that kind of nonsense is in your own style sheets you can only hurt your own experience but if you can post raw style, you can wreck things for everyone.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: STYLE properties not supported? by thor (Priest) on Aug 24, 2004 at 03:41 UTC
Good call. thor Feel the white light, the light within Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will With all of us waiting, your kingdom will come	[reply]
Re: STYLE properties not supported? by atcroft (Abbot) on Aug 24, 2004 at 02:20 UTC
You may wish to look at the discussion in the recent thread "Why are STYLE tags not allowed in posts?" (on the same topic), for further reasoning regarding this issue.	[reply]
Re^2: STYLE properties not supported? by hossman (Prior) on Aug 24, 2004 at 02:31 UTC
Technically, that thread was about using style TAGs, while this thread is about using style ATTRRIBUTEs. Many of the motivations for restricting the first also apply to restricting the second ... but there are plenty of cases where the second can be legitimately usefull, while the first really isn't since they're really only legal in the <head>.	[reply]
Re: STYLE properties not supported? by eric256 (Parson) on Aug 23, 2004 at 22:19 UTC
I would have to bet that if they are stripped, and i beleive they are, its so that you don't impose your style on everyone else. You have your own personaly style sheet in user settings that you can use to control your personal display without hitting us all with your CSS. :) Remeber there are evil things that can be done with CSS and its easier to just not let you use it than to filter out just the bad stuff. ___________ Eric Hodges	[reply]