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Re: Strings, again

• Posted by Allen V Robnett <alrobnett at alumni.princeton.edu> Jun 07, 2004
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Pete Lomax wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 20:36:51 -0700, CoJaBo <guest at RapidEuphoria.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >Pete Lomax wrote:
> >> (rudely top-)posted by: CoJaBo <cojabo at suscom.net>
> >I do not see why this is considered "rude".
> Of course, I meant rude in the gentler sense of mildy impolite, I did
> not mean to imply you were being offensive or insulting.
> It is a general internet courtesy, which granted is not in Rob's
> rulebook, and is not often observed here. If you are replying to a
> specific point, it is helpful to indicate which. If you are not, then
> you should cut the unnecessary text from the bottom of the post.
> 
> I should know, I've done far ruder things than you 
> Regards,
> Pete

I generally regard Pete's opinion to be close to infallible  
(or at least extraordinarilly well considered), but I admit to being
puzzled here. I do not see how a given choice of formatting to emphasize
and focus on a specific point of view is even "impolite", much less rude.
In fact, I think a cogent argument could be made that failing to take time
and give thought to such formatting (for emphasis and focus) is
inconsiderate (but probably not rude nor impolite).

Allen