I agree. It is the ban on top-posting, rather than the fact that I am a
non-Indian guest on this list (and thus feel that I will learn more by
reading than by posting on the many topics I know nothing about) that
keeps me from being the prolific poster I am on other lists.
Yes, it's the bottom-posting. I am not intimidated because you are all
so brilliant, witty, clever, and write such lyrically beautiful English.
Nor does it make me nervous when you slash one another to ribbons. I am
past master of the art of civilly reducing other posters' logic to an
exquisitely prepared casserole. It's not that I'd rather rest on laurels
than enter the flame fest and discover I am the main course for the
evening. No, I have no insecurities that, while you are stylistically my
cup of tea, you look like you might be out of my league.
Definitely the bottom-posting and not the fact that life is rich, full,
and email no longer occupies such a large piece of it.
On 1/7/13 11:35 PM January 7, 2013, Deepa Mohan wrote:
OK, OK, here I go. Udhay, there ARE many times when the
..er...bottom-posting becomes irksome, so I don't post at all. I *am*
serious about saying this, as, I feel, Radhika is, too.
Hahahaha, you can't fuss about this top-posting!
Deepa.
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:57 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
I won't get into arguments over whether one style is better than another, but
when people refrain from replying on the list because of the top posting fear,
isn't that enough reason to relax the rule?
1. As I already said, I don't usually make a fuss.
2. Part of being on a list which is dedicated to conversation is
mindfulness. That, and keeping the focus on the actual conversation.
I'm not anal about it, but I do feel this is an important point.
3. It's far from clear to me that Radhika was serious about
top-posting fear being the reason for her infrequent posting.
The "no top posting" rule is already sufficiently relaxed, in my opinion.
Udhay
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