Bob Bernstein <poo...@ruptured-duck.com> writes: > "Please don't respond line by line. It is patronizing and > annoying." > > I have acquired over the years a habit of carefully quoting and > replying to those quoted snippets. But it rubs some in my family the > wrong way. They don't see it as part and parcel of effective > communication, or as, at bottom, simply good netiquette. They feel > talked down to. My nephew's father had the same problem with me years > ago but I think I have brought him around over time so that he no > longer "takes it personal." > > With that as background, here is my question/request: is anyone aware > of a spirited defence of our ideal method of "selective quoting," (for > lack of a better label) one, say, that perhaps has achieved the status > of a "net classic?" Surely some 'net genius has dealt these > nay-sayers, who seem to LIKE top-posting, a solid uppercut? > Why not do your correspondents the courtesy of replying in the style *they* want?
Mart -- "We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes." --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.