thoughtless wrote:
> look, if you want to get into it..
>
> a] this is an archive, not a newsgroup.

It is a newsgroup. ALT.FOOD.VEGAN.

> So, why record copies of the
> same message cut up to bits multiple times?

So those of us who don't read by thread can understand the context.

> Newsgroups are flushed
> regularly, and that is why they copy posts- because there is no
> backup. This archive is full of pointless copying.

It's not pointless if we know to whom you're replying.

> b] there were fifteen commandments,

Ipse dixit. You better go read up on it.

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