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Due to limited retention time in NNTP servers this is not always possible. Besides, not every article in the thread is likely to be topical or interestin. In long threads, reading all ofit is practically impossible due to time restraints imposed in real life.
Since otherwise it is next to impossible to se what portion of the post you are reacting to.
begin risky.vbs Usenet etiquette is there to make reading usenet as pleasant and simple for everyone. The fact you choose to ignore it only...
See the answer to the first question.
This is not practical. You require the reader to maintain and operate an entire NNTP server in order to comply to your specific 'version' of netiquette.
Seriously? Perhaps you could have taken a moment to look up satire at websters-online-dictionary.org. The nature of what he did was...
In real life, rules of conduct are agreed upon in order to maintain an organized society in which verbal and physical violence is kept to a minimum. Etiquette is one of the more important sets of rules. It's purpose is to avoid offending people and to allow for easy interactions by having more or less standardized rules.
The same goes on usenet. If you want to be part of any serious discussion, it is no more than polite to make it easy for others to see what you are talking about. Deliberate obfuscation defies the purpose of engaging in a debate. Your behavior in this thread is not condusive to the purpose of usenet.