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sf wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:48:41 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:01:24 -0700, sf wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:21:13 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I'm by far not the only one. There seem to be more posters here that fail to
>>>>trim than those that do, and those that do often trim in such a way that you
>>>>tell who said what.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Which is only one more reason why I hate bottom posting. Most people
>>> have no idea how to tell who said what in a long thread and just
>>> strip. If the culture here was to top post, then the correct
>>> attributions would stay with comments and nobody would need to
>>> complain.

>>
>>that some people fail to trim properly is not a justification for
>>top-posting.
>>

>
> I'm not justifying anything. Bottom posting sucks because
> attributions don't stay with the message body.


The do unless someone or someone's software ****s them up. Can't blame
inter- or bottom-posting for that.



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