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Re: [OT] top posting



On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 04:13:22PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 01/14/08 15:57, Alex Samad wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:32:53AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 01/14/08 10:21, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich wrote:
> >>> Sorry for offtopic but I'm wondering if the cause of avoiding of top
> >>> posting is in something technical (e.g. to help forum software to
> >>> create weekly digests correctly) or is it a question of etiquette?
> > Rationality, because while some cultures read left->right, and
> > others read right->left, all read top->bottom.  None read bottom->top.
> >> [flame on]
> >> but we do read chronologically (in date order) and I for one hate having to go 
> 
> Thanks for making my point, since when does time "move" from bottom
> to top?
so you are advocating top posting ?
> 
> >> 3 pages down to read the answer to the previous email (in a threaded news 
> >> reader!).
> >  
> >> Although I do admit that if you start in the last email of a thread it easier 
> >> to read top to bottom 
> > 
> >> [flame off]
> 
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> because I hate vegetables!"
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