ATTN SELF-STYLED LIST POLICE (was RE: Mr. Day)

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 06 December 2004 22:37, Thomas Cameron wrote:

[...]

>I am so freaking sick of this BULLSHIT about posting HTML and top
>posting.  It would amuse me if it didn't downright disgust me that
> the ones who scream the loudest about this crap are the ones who in
> the next message will bust on some poor newbie for not using the
> latest version of package X.  Guess what - if your MUA doesn't
> handle HTML, then SWITCH FREAKING MUAs!!!!  It is the 21st century,
> for Chrissakes!  If you *CHOOSE* to use an MUA that doesn't handle
> HTML, I don't wanna hear you bitch about it!  It's YOUR choice,
> freaking live with it.

No, its not ok, and I won't live with it.  I routinely delete unread,
and undisplayed, html only mails here.  HTML is a friggin security
risk and I'll be damned if I'll turn it on by default just to suit 
some knowitall
running the latest release of Evolution-2.0.2.  If you wanna be a
windows user so bad, go use it!

[...]

> The WHOLE list for the month of November was a whopping
> 14 megs.

Yeah, and 4 megs of it or more are this friggin thread, which could
die AFAIAC with no remorse.

HTML is a waste of bandwidth for those on a dialup and I refuse to 
contribute to that abuse.  And yes, that IS the right word.

[...]

>So what is your excuse then for being such a jerk?

Tit for tat, eh?  Makes a real  good impression on all concerned.
  
>If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
>
>Thomas

Very, very good advice, you should take it yourself.

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