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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:18:48 -0500
From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
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Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 April 2009 20:39:29 Neil Bothwick wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:43 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
>>     
>>> As a blind computer user, sometimes it is more convenient to top post,
>>> because I don't know of a way to make my screen reading software skip
>>> over all of the quoted material.  I find it more convenient sometimes to
>>> hear the newest material first.
>>>       
>> That's an interesting point, and the first real justification for
>> top-posting I've seen. Although I would have thought it should be
>> possible to have your mailer hide quotes and the reader then skip them.
>>     
>
> I'm sure the regulars here will be quite happy to make an exception for the 
> few blind users we have. Just like we tolerate the BlackBerry users who cannot 
> post any other way.
>
> As for the rest who think it's their right to ignore long-established 
> unwritten (but no less valid) codes of conduct, I just do to them the same 
> thing I do to stupid users at work who refuse to use English:
>
> plonk.
>
>
>   

And there is always the blacklist as well.  Once added to that, it's
hard to get back off the list.  After all, if they send them a email to
ask to get took off, they won't get the message.  o_O

Dale

:-)  :-)