[OT] Re: Top Posting [was: How can i use rpm to retrive a specific ...]
Brian Connolly
linus at literatigroup.com
Sun Jan 11 15:15:58 UTC 2004
Robert,
And I was just being provocative. Didn't mean a word of it. :)
Best,
Brian
On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 08:33, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Connolly <linus at literatigroup.com>
> Sent: Jan 11, 2004 9:02 AM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Top Posting [was: How can i use rpm to retrive a specific ...]
>
> On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 07:25, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz at simpaticus.com>
> > Sent: Jan 10, 2004 5:23 PM
> > To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Top Posting [was: How can i use rpm to retrive a specific ...]
> >
> > At 00:08 1/10/2004, you wrote:
> > >On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 00:20:30 -0500
> > >Robert L Cochran <cochranb at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Top posting is used in a lot of mailing lists, numerous organizations,
> > > > and millions of individuals as routine.
> >
> > millions of people vote republican. it's still evil. what's your point?
> >
> And millions of whining special-interest big-government entitled
> pantywaists vote democrat. it's still weak. what's YOUR point?
>
> ---------
>
> geez, dude, get a dictionary and look up "parody". or "satire". i was
> *attempting* to use an analogy, and sometimes people are so thick, you
> need to pretty much whap them upsides the head to make them see it.
>
> the point i was trying to make was made at least as eloquently by
> anatole france:
>
> "If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
>
> rday
>
> p.s. not to throw fuel on the fire but, if i was a republican, i'd be
> *real* careful about accusing others of being "big-government
> entitled". talk about irony.
>
> p.p.s. by the way, you'll notice how the entire effect of my sarcasm
> would have been lost with top posting. see? there's my point. :-)
>
>
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