What's wrong with widows?

Should I waste my time removing widows on pages?

[AWildman]

I was not a print person before I became a webmaster. Therefore, I have NO problems with widows on webpages. I'm assuming this is some HIDEOUS print disease to be avoided at all costs. I however, don't give a rat's patutie about a single word hanging-out all by its lonesome on a line. I don't like wasting my time trying to move margins around or rewriting manuscript to eliminate the widow. It is RIDICULOUS cause no matter your margins and padding, every browser will break your manuscript in different places and someone, somewhere, will always have the chance to see a widow! So, I ask, does anyone REALLY have a problem with widows on the web? Can I tell the editorial people to just deal with them and the fact that they have NO control over them?

Although I have raved and ranted to this point, I would like honest opinions. If I'm in the wrong about this and there is a deep concern about widows, I'll gladly play with margins, padding, and manuscript to remove them. In NOT, well, there's a few hours of my life that I'd like back... :P

[engine]

Printed publications want to get rid of widows to save wasting a valuable line. Also, it does look neater.

If you have to get rid of them, that's where you'd employ a PDF to control the page layout. Alternatively, for a slogan, use a graphic.

Nah, you'll create a rod for your own back, forget it unless you have to.

[krieves]

I try to the layout text for majority of screen resolutions - assuming the browser is maximized. Since you have no control over how the browser could be resized, potentially a user can create a widow if they try hard enough.