On 30/03/09 02:41, John Beckett wrote:
>
> _sc_ wrote:
>> what i don't understand is why, when someone wants to correct
>> non-conforming behavior, they feel the need to post to the
>> entire group as opposed to emailing the offending party
>> individually
>>
>> why take the bandwidth of posting to all when the vast
>> majority of posters do understand and try to follow the
>> group's protocol?
>
> What Tony said. Plus, you would have to double my salary!
>
> Seriously, I have to make it clear that I'm not trying to impose
> my personal opinion. People in the list have to support my
> whining and say whether they want conformity or not. I'm not
> going to take my time to personally educate a bunch of refugees
> from Microsoft forums unless the list thinks it's worthwhile.
>
> John
Well, personally I prefer bottom-posting; but if I happened to wander
onto a newsgroup where top-posting were the (official) norm, I would
top-post like everyone (or, more likely, zap away), because as someone
said: top-posting may be bad, but mixed top- and bottom-posting is
outright awful.
Since this list has a published policy of bottom-posting and of snipping
away irrelevant text, I believe that it is worthwhile to (gently) remind
offenders that that's the list policy, and that it isn't going to change
just because they believe top-posting is better, not even if they loudly
say so with what look to them like irrefutable arguments (some of which
amount to laziness in my eyes, e.g., "Why should I have to do anything
else than Outlook Express's default behaviour?").
John, I admire your dedication. Mostly I don't bother to point out
netiquette offences, though now and then I may reorder a top-posted
message (in the part quoted in a reply) in order to avoid mixing top-
and bottom-posting, which is really worst of the worst; or I may snip
away the whole quote under a top-posted message, which is simpler.
Best regards,
Tony.
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No matter where you stand, no matter how far or fast you flee,
when it hits the fan, as much as possible will be propelled in your
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