"unless one deliberately wants to throw courtesy out of the window." Please. More melodrama. It's a friggin mail list. <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Chris <<a href="mailto:racerx@makeworld.com">racerx@makeworld.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:47:57 +0200 Mario Vukelic <<a href="mailto:mario.vukelic@dantian.org">mario.vukelic@dantian.org</a>> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 12:28 -0500, Steve T wrote: > > A person's personal preference regarding top/bottom posting is > > completely subjective. > > Only if you consider the direction of time subjective, too :) > The canonical example has been posted frequently: > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > > In any case, you conveniently didn't quote the link to the Ubuntu > mailing list etiquette that specifically asks to bottom post, quote, > and trim the quotes. At this point I don't see how one can insist on > it being a personal preference, unless one deliberately wants to throw > courtesy out of the window. > > ... in which, there seems to be many that (want) do just that. -- Best regards, Chris () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ <a href="http://www.asciiribbon.org" target="_blank">www.asciiribbon.org</a> - against proprietary attachments "There's no place like <a href="http://127.0.0.1" target="_blank">127.0.0.1</a>" -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act!" -- George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)