The Logic Off Topic list

From: Colin Miller <snoopy@...>
>Just gets so frustrating for me scrolling though quoted text
>all the
>time, knowing I only want to see the current reply.

Then the writer is quoting too much.



>As far as laziness
>goes,
>since the bottom of the e-mail has to be removed always, laziness is
>definitely never a cause of anyone on this lst top quoting as it
>actually
>takes more effort on the writer if anything.

The logic of this statement has utterly escaped me.  The proper form 
is to select the statement you are responding to and put your reply 
under it.  This requires a modicum of effort but only a modicum.  Top 
posting requires no effort at all on the part of the poster but 
places all responsibility of the figuring out what the poster is 
replying to on the reader.  Shoving the task of sorting out your 
thoughts onto the reader rather than simply laying them out clearly 
is pure laziness.



>And there may be some
>standard
>rule written, but I can say having working in the ISP business for a
>couple
>years, I have always seen top posting preferred in most news groups (I
>realise this is a subjective point), and not out of ignorance, but out
>of
>efficiency. Cheers! :-)


What??