In article >, "Default User" > wrote:
>Phred wrote:
>
>> In article >, "Default User"
>> > wrote:
>> > Phred wrote:
>> >> It would help if the Luddites acknowledged that a short reply
>> should >> be at the top. ;-)
>> >
>> > Wrong. Short replies should have short quotes.
>>
>> Not necessarily.
>
>Yes, necessarily. If you quote a big long post and have just a couple
>lines to add, you'd have been better off paraphrasing it rather than
>quoting the whole thing.

You Luddites always miss the point. ;-)

Posting protocol should be *appropriate*. Two obvious examples of
where top posting is infinitely preferred:

1. Some one wishes to offer an unsolicited testimonial on behalf of
the previous contribution. They should say "This is an excellent
analysis of [whatever]" at the TOP, not at the bottom.

2. Some one wishes to say a previous contribution is a load of crap.
They should say that at the TOP, not at the bottom.

There is more, but I'm a bit pushed just now. Anyway, it's really
something to be debated in one of the news.* groups, not RFC.

Cheers, Phred.

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LID