@hugot So one's allowed to be toxic in Rome but must be on their best behaviour in Athens? Is that what you're saying?

That's like being English or German and an exemplary citizen on a daily basis only to go to Magaluf on holidays and start getting wasted, jumping off balconies and fighting on the street. I assume you see the hypocrisy at play.

@josemanuel If getting wasted, jumping of balconies and fighting in the street were wat made someone an exemplary citizen in Magaluf, that analogy would make sense to me.

I don't see the inconsistency in adapting to an environment you have no stake in and have no influence over, while simultaneously being consistent on your values in the place where it matters, the environment that you do have a stake in and do have influence over.

@hugot
> If getting wasted, jumping off balconies and fighting in the street were what made someone an exemplary citizen in Magaluf, that analogy would make sense to me.

True. It was a bad example, I noticed that shortly after I clicked on “TOOT!”.

In any case, my point was that if you really have values, you would conduct yourself by them everywhere, not just “where it matters”. After all, we're talking about values, not customs or mores.

@cnx
> Seriously though, quote-posting is bad because it’s technically top-posting.

Very interesting point, but I think it could be argued that, while it is true that top-posting in email is bad because you're putting your response before the text you're replying to (thus making the whole thing harder to understand), in the case of QT/QP, you're not responding to anything, but initiating a new conversation based on someone else's content. In other words, the quoted post acts like a footnote, adding context to one's own post.

Seen this way, it makes perfect sense to put it below one's own text instead of above.