Top vs. bottom posting, solution proposal ;-)

[jdow]

From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring.com>
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, jdow wrote:
> 
>> From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring.com>
>> > On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, Andy Oram wrote:
>> >
>> > > Marko Vojinovic wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > So, I devoted a couple of hours of my time to write down some
>> > > > prototype of top/bottom post converter, creatively named
>> > > > top2bottom.c :-) .
>> > > >
>> > > I am impressed that you thought of doing this--creating a technical
>> > > solution to a social problem.
>> >
>> > IMHO, implementing something like this is a really bad idea, since it
>> > implies that posters can revert to being sloppy about their posting
>> > etiquette, knowing that some technical wizardry will fix it for them.
>> >
>> > please -- i'm begging you -- do *not* start this discussion yet again.
>> > i could have sworn that there is now an official edict somewhere on
>> > redhat.com that states clearly that top posting is a *bad* *thing*.
>> > can we please just accept that and not go through this every month?
>>
>> Adults don't care and adapt. Children complain.
>>
>> Got it?
> 
> yup.  so you won't have any objection if i start posting in HTML?  or
> refuse to trim my included text?  hey, what if i start hijacking
> threads?  does that work for you, joanne?  no?  then stop being such a
> condescending twit.

Right back atcha, sir. I've vowed a vendetta against top/bottom/side/
insideout/right-left reversed posting arguments. Don't start 'em and I
won't drive 'em into the dirt.

{^_-}