> ----- Original Message ----- > Good afternoon all, particularly the moderators
<snip balance of original message) Linda L. Hull wrote: > I agree. I don't like bottom posting, for the reasons mentioned above, but > you had to read all > that again, to see my thoughts. > > chalcedony > Linda bg: I can't quite decide whether you were just making a lame joke, or whether you really are that clueless - one of the central points in this whole controversy is the question of what to leave intact in the original message, and what to snip out. If you were attempting to argue in favor of top-posting based on the necessity of scrolling down through an entire original, your argument both falls flat *and* misses the main point - which is that a proper response would have included only a directly relevant line or two of the original, not the entire thing. Either way, you gave me my first good belly laugh of the day :-) I freely admit to harboring a most unfair bias - I just automatically assume that anyone who argues for top-posting is both utterly clueless about the traditions of Net courtesy and how it speaks to causing others unnecessary work, *and* has e very low level of competence at working their email editor..... .... and certainly your post could lead to both interpretations. Brewster -- *********************************************************************** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity *********************************************************************** W. Brewster Gillett [email protected] Portland, OR USA *********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
