Top vs. bottom posting, solution proposal ;-)

[jdow]

Heh, if I read 'em in a reader not configured to read HTML I don't
see 'em if they are HTML only. So I can't comment on 'em to either
help or flame. (I also don't catch stray malware disease.)

{^_-}
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bruce" <bedouglas at earthlink.net>

> actually..
> 
> if you want to post in html, go for it! same with hijacking threads.. we're
> adults, we can use the delete key...
> 
> and if your responses aren't on a diet.. well hey, a little fat in your
> emails never hurt anyone!!
> 
> lawd.. if worrying about the size of an email, or how it's posted is high on
> your agenda, you should go to bed every night thanking whoever you thank
> that your life is going so damn well that you can have time to worry if
> you're going to get an email from someone who's top/bottom/side posted....
> (and i'm not even getting into the issue of your responding to these emails,
> about the appearance, as opposed to the content!!)
> 
> come on people, this isn't like it's a religous issue or something...
> 
> !!!!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.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.
> 
> rday
> 
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