Why do people detest top posting so much?

[Odd]

Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> Michael.Coll-Barth at VerizonWireless.com wrote:
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> Never understood the need for these disclaimers. I've not found a case 
> once where they were legally binding, and on top of that, when you see 
> it you've already read the damn message. What then? Fry the part of my 
> brain storing the data of the message?

And this is a _public_ maling list after all, so it's totally worthless
here anyway.

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Odd