Re: OT--Taking on city hall

If I am following a thread in a newsgroup, I prefer to read top posted
responses because as soon as you open the message, the latest response is
right in front of you, and you don't have to scroll down to the bottom of
the message to read it.

"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:00:58 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Lew
> Hartswick <lhartswick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> quickly quoth:
>
>>A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>>Q: Why is it such a bad thing?
>>A: Top-posting.
>>Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet?
>>
>>
>>Is this something from Jeopardy? :-)
>> ...lew...
>
> Nah, it's a simple demonstration to (and demonization of) those
> fidiots known as top-posters.
>
> Life's too short to suffer fools and top-posters. ;)
>
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