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Unfortunately this kind of behavior happens... no matter what and
where we are in...

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I Agree.
>
> On 1/07/2011 6:39 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Yasha Karant wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/30/2011 01:03 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Yasha Karant wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As for top or bottom posts, I and many others with whom I have
>>>>> discussed this point over a number of years prefer top posting
>>>>> so that one can immediately get to the new information, ...
>>>>
>>>>    with all due respect, grow the f**k up.  top vs bottom posting has
>>>> been a settled issue for *years*, and anyone who still thinks that
>>>> their personal preferences have any value whatsoever needs to go back
>>>> to AOL, and leave technical mailing lists to the grownups.
>>>>
>>>> rday
>>>
>>> It is not duly respectful to anyone to use language such as you have
>>> in posted, professional discourse, irrespective of the comments or
>>> opinion of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Her/his opinion is that top
>>> posting is the only appropriate method.  Thus, there are differences
>>> of opinion.
>>
>>   i am long past the point of giving a crap about "differences of
>> opinion" with respect to mailing lists.  there is a right way to
>> participate in such mailing lists -- if you want to know what that way
>> is, "google" is your friend.  and, seriously, if anyone still hasn't
>> figured out basic mailing list etiquette, they're not ready to
>> participate in such lists.
>>
>> rday (who is getting seriously tired of, every week, reading the same
>> swill on a mailing list somewhere)
>>
>
> Sorry, I just had to ;)
>
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> Steven Haigh
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