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Re: OT: reply styles, family matters

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Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> writes:

> "Please don't respond line by line. It is patronizing and
> annoying."
>
> I have acquired over the years a habit of carefully quoting and
> replying to those quoted snippets. But it rubs some in my family the
> wrong way. They don't see it as part and parcel of effective
> communication, or as, at bottom, simply good netiquette. They feel
> talked down to. My nephew's father had the same problem with me years
> ago but I think I have brought him around over time so that he no
> longer "takes it personal."
>
> With that as background, here is my question/request: is anyone aware
> of a spirited defence of our ideal method of "selective quoting," (for
> lack of a better label) one, say, that perhaps has achieved the status
> of a "net classic?" Surely some 'net genius has dealt these
> nay-sayers, who seem to LIKE top-posting, a solid uppercut?
>
Why not do your correspondents the courtesy of replying in the style
*they* want?

Mart

-- 
"We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes."
    --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.

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OT: reply styles, family matters Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-01 02:40 +0100
  Re: OT: reply styles, family matters John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-01 03:00 +0100
    Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Stuart Longland <stuartl@longlandclan.id.au> - 2015-12-02 05:30 +0100
      Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-02 20:50 +0100
        Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2015-12-02 20:50 +0100
          Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-03 01:40 +0100
            Re: OT: reply styles, family matters "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2015-12-03 03:50 +0100
              Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-12-03 05:30 +0100
              Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-03 09:10 +0100
                Re: OT: reply styles, family matters <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-12-03 09:30 +0100
        Re: OT: reply styles, family matters John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-02 21:10 +0100
          Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 21:40 +0100
        Re: OT: reply styles, family matters <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-12-02 22:20 +0100
      Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-03 02:00 +0100
  Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-01 03:20 +0100
    Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-01 04:50 +0100
  Re: OT: reply styles, family matters "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2015-12-01 03:30 +0100
    Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Mike Castle <dalgoda+debian@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 04:10 +0100
    Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-01 15:20 +0100
  Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-01 09:30 +0100
  Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 10:10 +0100
    Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 10:20 +0100
      Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-01 15:30 +0100
  Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-01 15:30 +0100
    Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-01 17:40 +0100
      Re: OT: reply styles, family matters anxiousmac@gmail.com - 2015-12-01 18:30 +0100
        Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-01 22:00 +0100
      Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 11:30 +0100
        Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-02 18:20 +0100
          Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 21:40 +0100

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