[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: FYI -- double-standards? (oh why do people post these?)

[terry]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 15:51, terry wrote:
> 
>>This us just my opinion, and don't want or expect any replies, just FYI:
>> ... 
>>No reply / comment  expected, needed, or wanted.
> 
> 
> Why is it that people think they can comment on a pet peeve or
> assumingly "good ettique" and then say they don't want any replies?
> 
> It's a double-standard and quite hypocritical to even post such.  And
> it's just as much of a distraction, etc... -- even more so because it's
> done with what I would consider selfish arrogance.
> 
> One thing you won't see me doing is commenting on the posting ettique of
> others.  I take the time to edit and modify posts, add _after_ the
> subject line (which is highly recommended by Google, O'Reilly and many
> others, while not affecting any subject sorting), etc...  But I don't
> expect others to.  It's not a big deal.
> 
> In fact, people seem to differ, that's the _only_constant_.  Worse yet,
> when someone finds themselves getting frustrated with me, they tell me
> to do something other what Google and O'Reilly says is good.  I'm not
> changing merely because they had some sort of "issue" with it.
> 
> I won't lecture on others who top/bottom post.  And I most definitely
> will _not_ tell people not to post regarding something I just said. 
> They are free to comment, delete, killfile, etc...  People will post as
> they post and I'm not going to change them by singling them out on the
> list.  God knows some of the people who complain the most are typically
> not the ones who are "squeaky clean" either (myself included).
> 
> Yes, because *1* person in a thread top-posted, the entire list is
> treated to this.  It's funny to see these posts, because they themselves
> only distract the entire list in themselves.  Worse yet, they begin a
> tangent that is quite unnecessary.
> 
> *** IN A NUTSHELL:  Take it up with the person off-list. ***
> 
> What he did caused me to not even consider what you posted. 
> Furthermore, what he did would not cause me to post and then say, "oh,
> just listen to me, but don't respond."  Why do people do this?
> 
> The only time I comment is like this, pointing it out.  This, of course,
> makes me just as hypocritical, arrogant and wrong as the poster.  But
> I'll freely admit it.  Although that means I'm no better.
> 
> Just IMAO (in my arrogant opinion ;-).  Feel free to bash this post.  I
> won't be offended.  My apologies in advance for stinking the list up.
> 
> 

You're right, thank you for your criticism and for correcting me, I 
concede.  Actually, I realized the inappropriateness of my post just 
about as quick as I posted it.  My only intention was to make us better 
communicators, to try and make it easier for us to understand each 
other.  It was meant as constructive criticism, and it's a convention 
most of us follow anyway.  It's just that some email clients default to 
top-posting and I think that's unfortunate, other than that, my post was 
pointless and in bad taste and,
I apologize. :)

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test everything; hold fast what is good,