The Bob wrote:
> Craig <netburgher@REMOVEgmail.com> amazed us all with the following in
> news:VDuPj.47$1b7.43@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net:
>
>> The Bob wrote:
>>> "Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@hotmail.com> amazed us all with the following
>>> in news:bMednbz3DMQYbZDVnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t:
>>>
>>>>> Gee, Larry- none of us would have known any of that without you.
>>>> And those of us that have killfilled him would never see his garbage
>>>> were it not for people quoting the whole damned thing.
>>>>
>>>> Please, trim the replies.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Thank you, Usenet police.
>>>
>> Politely requesting netiquette isn't netcopping.
>>
>> fwiw,
>> -Craig
>>
>
> I must have missed the polite part. I got the whiney part loud and clear.

Netiquette is not a bad thing. People who reference it aren't
necessarily netcops. Whiny? I read it as plaintive. But we all know
how reading things into a post ends.

Trimming posts is a part of netiquette. If you don't want to engage in
it <shrug>. If you'd rather disparage the poster <shrug>. For those
who find value in civility:

<http://www.albion.com/netiquette/>

-Craig