On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 10:11 -0700, Dan Lund wrote: > That is where message-trimming comes into play, and really is a > problem with both types of posting. No orrogance involved, or > intended, by a particular form of posting. The next message just gets > tacked onto the top, ready to be read at the click of a button.. with > cliff notes below it just in case you forgot what the thread was about > :-) > > --Dan > > On 10/27/05, Craig White wrote: > > > inherent in every top post is the assumption that this statement will be > > the final statement to the topic which is a form of arrogance. A top > > posted reply to a top posted reply (etc.) often gets so far out of > > context that it makes it really hard to understand what has transpired. > ---- sure but now you gotta figure out who I am replying to. I am presuming that you aren't arrogant enough to believe that since you top posted a reply, that I am therefore obligated by your act to similarly top post...invocation of that rule would be inadmissible since I left off at the bottom and if you wanted to expound or reply, it would necessarily have to follow my comments - unless of course, your comments had nothing to do with mine, in which case, you should start a new thread. There is an arrogance that someone's comments in reply to anothers' comments are self-important if they come before the context - there's no getting around that. Then there's the issue that top posters don't generally trim. I don't mean to go on and on about this - I will live with whatever people do. I often move a top posted reply to the bottom before I start my reply but I didn't in that one case and made note of it, which started Major Mikey and stream beyond. It's agreed that we will not ***solve*** the issue as there clearly are people who do things differently and aren't going to change. I don't insist that anyone change - do whatever you want. I appreciate the concerns as expressed by technomage and cannot think of any other reason that justifies top posted replies but that is the way I feel. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss