From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article , God's Brain   
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   >Di: Top-posting Allows the Reader to See the Important Comments   
   >Immediately and the Context / Background If Desired Without Searching   
   >For Possibly  Inaccessible Posts   
      
   IMO top-posting can occasionally be OK when a comment 'stands alone',   
   but most of the time it makes readers do a lot of scrolling to find what   
   the comment is actually about. Or maybe only a little scrolling, but   
   they don't know how much scrolling is required when they open the post   
   and read the comment.   
      
   (Many newspapers have rules saying e.g. that the topic of an article has   
   to be made clear within the first 3 paragraphs. Hacks call the paragraph   
   saying what the article is about a 'nut graf'. OK it's a different genre   
   but some of the same communication principles apply).   
      
   >Re: Hemel explosions - Wikipedia   
   >'received explanations', OPEC   
      
   >On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:06:58 +0000, in alt.conspiracy.princess-diana   
   >banana  wrote:   
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   >anana   
   >>From: banana    
   >>Newsgroups: uk.politics.misc,uk.media,alt.conspiracy.princess-   
   >diana,uk.local.he   
   >rtfordshire,alt.conspiracy   
   >>Subject: Re: Hemel explosions - Wikipedia 'received explanations', OPEC   
   >>Followup-To: alt.stupid.idiots   
   >>Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:06:58 +0000   
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   >>In article <1134463544.597946.303670@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,   
   >>parris_k@yahoo.com writes   
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   >>>Not at all, however, they don't answer any of the questions I posed. It   
   >>>seems yo ucan't answer them either, but I'll give you another chance to   
   >>>avoid looking quite so stupid   
   >>>"banana"  wrote in message   
   >>>news:$Cs3otA3OZnDFwY2@borve.demon.co.uk...   
   >>>> In article , tw  writes   
   >>>> >"banana"  wrote in message   
   >>>> >news:IVWKNLAfwOnDFwuk@borve.demon.co.uk...   
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   >>   
   >>>I did. Now, are you going to tell me what bizarre synaptic process   
   >>>caused   
   >>>you to link a crash in Tehran with an explosion in Hertfordshire?   
   >>   
   >>If you want me to help you, try not being so rude.   
   >>   
   >>I''ll break up what follows into short paragraphs for you, though.   
   >>   
   >>Rather than sitting in front of the telly forgetting what you heard and   
   >>saw 2 days ago, but repeating what you saw and heard 2 minutes ago as if   
   >>anything else would be completely mad, try asking questions, e.g. about   
   >>what is connected to what, and what underlies what.   
   >>   
   >>That's required for a move towards sanity, thinking for yourself, and   
   >>understanding, in the face of the present totalitarian conditions. Get   
   >>into the habit.   
   >>   
   >>Rest snipped. Do you think I'm your nurse or something?   
   >>   
   >>BTW top-posting is considered silly by many. It's a bit like starting a   
   >>conversation with "very well, thank you". But good luck with your   
   >>development in learning how to think in sensible directions.   
   >>   
   >>--   
   >>banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
   >>            give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
   >>            Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
   >>            rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
   >   
   >   
   >href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/GODSBRAIN">G.O.D.S.B.R.A.I.N.
   
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   banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
               give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
               Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
               rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
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