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> Sorry this post is not about Larry Parr's toenails, Sam Sloan's inability to
> beat an 1800 player with the Damiano, or Bill Goichberg's single-handed
> destruction of the American way of life.
>
> It's about something of far greater importance -- my integrity as a usenet
> poster.
>
> I've recently been fileted and flambayed (forgive the intentional
> misspelling) on a bridge newsgroup for "top-posting." I've never read
> anything about that subject here. In fact I didn't even know what they were
> talking about.
>
> I was called "too stupid to be edsucated (sic) and too rude to consider
> other people."
>
> What do you guys think of top-posting, which I admit I do all the time. Is
> it really rude, merely poor form, or just the favorite obsession of an
> anal-retentive bridge player whose favorite vacation activity is helping his
> sister remove mildew from the underside of her kitchen table? Am I wrong to
> assume everyone who reads my posts only needs to see relevant stuff that's
> gone before?
>
> Am I a rude, stupid, unedsucated SOB or what?
>
> Angelo DePalma