On 2011/06/30 13:39, 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)

Mr. Day, this is not the Ubuntu list. Your civility has suffered
from over exposure to some of the worst examples of human discourse
in the known universe.

We would all really appreciate a return to civility.

This is NOT a list for "mailing list etiquette" nonsense from
adolescent anal retentive creeps.

Adults shrug and adapt. Children whine. Please grow up.

{^_^}