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In article <hKKcnf4fj8Zo29SiXTWJjA@comcast.com>,
"Greg" <Greg@noreply.com> wrote:

> Top-posting
> advocates have a good line of reasoning too... like not having to scroll
> through pages on text just to get to the latest post.

Notice how I clipped out the extraneous stuff and quoted ONLY what I am
replying to--not quoting "pages of text" that people are forced to
scroll through.

Top posting is bad form. There is no excuse for top posting, period.
The only reason people top post is (a) they don't know any better, or
(b) they're just too lazy to change the default behavior in Outlook
Express.

Neither of those is an excuse.



> But who cares?

People who (a) express courtesy to others, and (b) are actual human
beings who follow things linearly in forward order. Those people care.

The others, the ones who top post? They're just spouting off to spout
off.

By the way, take a look at your own message; you didn't even trim what
you quoted. You just let Outlook Express quote everything, relevant or
not, and put your part at the top. Obviously, you're interested in
nothing but spouting off to hear yourself spout off.

Not this reply is top posted and bottom posted for the
convenience of those with a preference





Just you wait till DIZZY reads this, he will straighten you out
on top posting.



mike hunt



"Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote:
>
> In article <hKKcnf4fj8Zo29SiXTWJjA@comcast.com>,
> "Greg" <Greg@noreply.com> wrote:
>
> > Top-posting
> > advocates have a good line of reasoning too... like not having to scroll
> > through pages on text just to get to the latest post.
>
> Notice how I clipped out the extraneous stuff and quoted ONLY what I am
> replying to--not quoting "pages of text" that people are forced to
> scroll through.
>
> Top posting is bad form. There is no excuse for top posting, period.
> The only reason people top post is (a) they don't know any better, or
> (b) they're just too lazy to change the default behavior in Outlook
> Express.
>
> Neither of those is an excuse.
>
> > But who cares?
>
> People who (a) express courtesy to others, and (b) are actual human
> beings who follow things linearly in forward order. Those people care.
>
> The others, the ones who top post? They're just spouting off to spout
> off.
>
> By the way, take a look at your own message; you didn't even trim what
> you quoted. You just let Outlook Express quote everything, relevant or
> not, and put your part at the top. Obviously, you're interested in
> nothing but spouting off to hear yourself spout off.






Not this reply is top posted and bottom posted for the
convenience of those with a preference





Just you wait till DIZZY reads this, he will straighten you out
on top posting.



mike hunt

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 19:14:44 -0400, "Greg" <Greg@noreply.com> wrote:

>As I said, you really have too much time on your hands. Top-posting
>advocates have a good line of reasoning too... like not having to scroll
>through pages on text just to get to the latest post.

Duuhhh... The post should be properly trimmed. The IS NO "pages of
text" to scroll through. Sheesh!

>But who cares? Having
>anal people like you (pa)trolling the Usenet just makes me want to top-post
>more.

Typical top poster - a selfish jerk.