Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 ----- Original Message ----- From: " Idol " <Idol@...> > - > >1. Don't top-post. It's inconsiderate to those of us who have to clean > >up your mess. > > If you'd like to make polite requests, be my guest, but you're not a > moderator here, so you have no standing from which to issue orders. You're right. On two counts. First, I should have said " please. " After the amount of thought and research I put into my critique of the DEP study, I was--understandably, I hope--annoyed at Mr. Gage's decision to dismiss it with an irrelevant sarcastic remark Nevertheless, I apologize. Beyond that, though, I was wrong about his top-posting on a much more fundamental level. The main reason that I, and most other long-time discussion-group participants, prefer bottom posting is that top-posting simply does not work for the sort of intricate, point-by-point responses that we are accustomed to making. For example, look at the debate in progress between Heidi and on raising children and try to imagine how it would look with top-posting. Apparently, though, Mr. Gage has a different philosophy on the proper way to discuss serious issues, and his posting style suits it well. By the way, I owe you a response to your other post in that thread. Those are good questions and they deserve better answers than I have time to give today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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