-----Original Message----- From: Brian Connolly <linus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Jan 11, 2004 9:02 AM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Jan 10, 2004 5:23 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. :-)
