"Bob Phillips" wrote...
See that is the big problem with you Harlan. You can't just make
your point objectively, you have to resort to petty insults. . . .
....

To me you began the insults this time around by claiming I was
inconsistent about snipping. From my perspective, that's an insult.

Not that this proves anything, but if you think I'm insulting, try top-
posting in newsgroups in which bottom-positing is adamantly
recommended. That's the environment in which I learned how to post.

If you were as principled as you make out, you would ignore trolls
like Aaron Kemp, . . .

Nah!

As I've stated in those threads, it's entertainment. To each his own.

. . . you wouldn't bother answering every post, . . .

I don't. There are several branches in which I let him have the last
word. He's not wrong about everything.

. . . you would resort to insults with everybody who doesn't roll
over and die in the face of your tirades. . . .
....

You meant wouldn't.

I START very few arguments. I intend to FINISH any I join.

There's an objective measure in re posting: snipping unnecessary bits
from the quoted previous thread. At the very least there's no
compelling need for multiple copies of the same respondents'
signatures, but few if any top posters remove even those. Laziness is
the exclusive guide to that aspect of top-posting 'style'. You can
claim it's expedient, but you won't convince me it's a virtue.