From: theodorebronson@hotmail.com   
      
   "Bill Leeper"  wrote in message   
   news:1027a7jd6c59700@corp.supernews.com...   
   > Jamie Hart wrote:   
   > > "Bill Leeper"  wrote in message   
   > > news:101q6m11c4nlp7e@corp.supernews.com...   
   > >   
   > >>First Prophet of Kaos wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>Ever notice how tradition is the bastion of the closed mind?   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > Ever notice how people who have lost an argument resort to one line   
   > > putdowns?   
   > >   
   > > Perhaps you would care to explain why top posting is better, as you   
   > > obviously feel strongly about it.   
   > >   
   > > But first, just to be fair, I'll explain why my own method is best :)   
   > >   
   > > I tend to bottom post except where I want to reply to several points in   
   a   
   > > post, then I intersperse my comments with the original text, placing my   
   > > reply directly below the point I'm replying to.   
   > >   
   > > The main reason I do this is so that the person I'm talking to cannot   
   > > misunderstand which point I'm referring to.   
   > >   
   > > I find that this method leads to fewer misunderstandings, a definite   
   problem   
   > > on usenet.   
   > >   
   > > Now, how about defending top posting. Over to you.   
   > >   
   >   
   > If your first comment was in reference to me I feel a one line response   
   > was all that was warranted by the message I was responding to. Next, if   
   > you read my remarks about posting you will find that I did not champion   
   > one method over another. I was simply saying that just because someone   
   > chooses to top post it is no excuse to be vulgar. I also said I couldn't   
   > see what the big deal about it was. And I stand by those sentiments. It   
   > really makes no difference to me where someone posts as I am reading the   
   > message for the content and not the form.   
   >   
   > In defense of top posting, in a very long thread it makes sense as most   
   > people can remember what they have read long enough to just glance at   
   > the reply at the top and integrate that into what they have previously   
   > read. Again, it makes very little difference to me.   
   >   
   > And BTW, you can't lose an argument when you are not arguing.   :-)   I   
   > was not acting in defense of one way over another.   
   >   
   Hang on you make 6 posts supporting Top posting and putting down Usenet   
   standards, you use phrases like "It is a stupid convention that has no use   
   anymore." and then try to tell me you are not acting in defence of one way   
   or the other? Really?   
      
   Well.... Ok then.   
      
   But let's not fall out over it.  Deal?   
      
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