Posted by The Natural Philosopher on 10/03/07 12:32

Shelly wrote:
> "Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
> news:uaAMi.10521$JD.7809@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net...
>> "Mtr" <Mtr@no.spam> wrote in message
>> news:l9n4g3hrnh9ehev7t9pvqc5hq4l5n4fa07@4ax.com...
>>
>>> Saying "it was always done that way" is not a valid argument.
>> Yes, it is.
>
> While I agree with your position on posting, what you say here is
> ridiculous.
>
> Shelly
>
>
When you had an 80x25 VT100 and a 300 baud modem, Usenet discipline was
just plain common sense.

Today its highly arguable that netiquette as it was, has any more
relevance today than walking with your girlfriend on the left,so your
sword arm would be free to protect her honour.

Frankly people who scream about it are crashing bores, and should be
killfiled automatically. Its a cheap nasty easy way to put down newbies,
used mainly by people to whom Usenet itself is a way of trying to gain
some semblance of self esteem by putting down others.

People who post badly edited posts will in the end discover they get
ignored, and bugger off or learn to make their messages plain and to the
point.

There is no need to be obnoxious about it.

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