On 05/19/2008 11:38 AM, John Kaufmann wrote:
> In a message dated 2008.05.19 12:16 -0500, Harold Fuchs wrote:
> 
>> On 19/05/2008 15:01, mike scott wrote:
>>> Bottom posting's fine - but please, please, please learn to snip!!!!! 
>>> Most of what you quoted was quite irrelevant to your response.
>>>
>> Could we keep just one thread from deteriorating into a vituperative, 
>> puerile, ad hominem bun fight about psephology, numismatics, religion, 
>> bottom posting and/or conspiracy theories? ...
> 
> Harold, I hate to disagree with you, but may I rise to Mike's defense? - His 
> comment was not ad hominem, nor in the vein of the top/bottom-posting wars. 
>   It was merely saying Please edit to send only what is relevant.  Surely we 
> can all agree that simple courtesy - and the fact that a message has MANY 
> more readers than authors, places a burden on the author to quote 
> economically and efficiently. [Mike's parenthetical "Bottom posting's fine - 
> but..." was not a swipe at any particular posting style (but may have 
> recognized that good editing is even more needed with bottom posting).]
> 
> Now (I hope) back to the thread topic...

+1

172 lines for 7 lines of text isn't necessary. And yes... no snippage in
my reply.
FWIW I pretty much agree with John Meyer's comment :-)


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