RE: [PLUG] I don't get it. What's the big deal with putting the response on top?

["M.Simons" <msimons@slackware.com>]

Here is an example.  You are an idiot.  This specific point of yours is
what makes me feel it is so.

Now, can you tell me what specific point of yours is causing me to think
this way?

No. You cannot.  If I had posted below the specific thing I am refering
to, you would have been able to understand that and respond to the
specific point I was raising an issue with.

Please note, this message, as well as the insult above is meant to be
taken with a large grain of salt.  If I had actually wanted to insult you,
this message would have been much better, and probably much more subtle.
However, I do feel that it is absurd, as well as a serious logical fault
to bring politics into this disucssion.

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Howard Bloom wrote:

> I raise it here because I've seen comments about it, and it is the only list
> I'm on that posts at the bottom.
>
> Much like voting, I would be swayed by any argument for Kerry if someone
> could provide me a rational and proper reason why I should do so.  Bottom
> posting seems to be much like voting for Kerry, no one can tell me why it is
> a good thing, they just don't like Bush.
>
> I was looking for a logical reason why it is better. What I have seen thus
> far is that it is a preference much if not a mania.  There are some Linux
> people - which I am one - who believe that they should only use Linux
> because it is NOT Microsoft.  This seems to be Democratic logic.
>
> I use Microsoft because in many instances it is better suited than Linux.
> This may not be the case in the future, but for me it is at this time.
>
> I have gathered from this discussion a few things:
>
> 1.  People bottom post because it is the Linux (smart) thing to do.
> 2.  I think most of you are democrats and anti-establishment.  Establishment
> in this case means Microsoft or the norm for most of the world.
> 3.  The future is not yet written.
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