[LINK] Top posting is evil

[Ivan Trundle]

On 17/11/2006, at 10:14 AM, Craig Sanders wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 09:12:21AM +1100, Bernard Robertson-Dunn  
> wrote:
>> Another posting etiquette question.
>>
>> When I post a news item I sometimes add a comment of my own. I put  
>> this
>> at the top and surround with <brd></brd>
>
> it's not top-posting. it's forwarding some information with your own
> comments pre-pended. an entirely different thing...and, in fact, an
> appropriate way to highlight the fact that you are making a  
> comment, not
> just vacuously forwarding the info.
>
>> BTW, I have a problem with absolute statements like "top posting is
>> evil". I believe that a more appropriate statement is "I do not  
>> like top
>> posting [because...]" or "I think that top posting is a bad thing
>> [because....]"
>
> i get tired of repeating the same things.

Who doesn't? (apart from Vic) ... and it's just as tiring for the  
respondent.

> it's easier to just summarise
> it with "top-posting is evil" (in any case, it's a true assertion).

It is true that the word 'evil' has been hijacked by contemporary  
western culture.