[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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