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On 9/25/2012 12:43 AM, Dwight Hutto wrote:
> It sounds pretentious, but over the past several days, I've been
> slammed on every post almost. All because of an argument over me not
> posting a little context in a conversation, that seemed short and
> chatty.
>
> I was just wondering, if it's just them, or if it's my netiquette.

A 1000 line post with a one line response is not polite. Context free 
posts are disconcerting, but easier to ignore. Keep at least one 
sentence of context and cut the potty mouth stuff.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy