[LINK] Top posting is evil

[Rick Welykochy]

Ivan Trundle wrote:

> 
> 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.

Case in point!
The above would be an incomprehensible quagmire if top posted, or worse,
posted with a mix of top and bottom contributions.

As it stands, quite a nice example of a conversation by email :)

cheers
rickw

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