Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:42:51 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why top-posting is bad Message-ID: <p06002087bd58d10321a9@[10.0.1.3]> In-Reply-To: <20040830122440.GA2327@online.fr> References: <20040819134840.GA3104@online.fr> <20040822015558.GO92256@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20040827114038.GA2453@online.fr> <p06002068bd54de2a1bf6@[10.0.1.3]> <1093789942.4131e8f6b486a@imp1-q.free.fr> <p06002079bd57bed84da1@[10.0.1.3]> <20040830051243.GA976@online.fr> <p0600207fbd589b4c8ace@[10.0.1.3]> <20040830105847.GA2108@online.fr> <p06002082bd58c1847fd6@[10.0.1.3]> <20040830122440.GA2327@online.fr>
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At 5:54 PM +0530 2004-08-30, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> You're equating top-posting to an undone fly? Excuse me, take a look
> at the real world sometime. It's more like telling your friend at the
> beach that his necktie is knotted unsymmetrically.
I notice how you conveniently snip the part where I have
dissected your argument and shown it to be fundamentally fallacious,
and now rail on about how you perceive top posting to be a benign
thing.
Interesting argument technique you've got there.
--
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