Re: A proposal on how to deal with Inger's posts ...

"Peter Alaca" <P.Alaca@xxxxxx> wrote in news:43ca39fe$0$50816$dbd4d001
@news.wanadoo.nl:

> Stein R wrote: Xns974C425B05032steinjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>
>> Tom McDonald <tmcdonald2672@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> news:jYkyf.122 $gS.21@xxxxxxxx:
>>
>>> Stein R wrote:
>>>> Posted to soc.culture.nordic *only*:
>>>
>>> Erm, no.
>>
>> Woops. Cancel sent to previous message crossposted to s.c.n,
>> sci.a and s.h.m.
>>
>> (*This* followup is posted to sci.arch only)
>>
>> I guess I accidentally illustrated a point there -
>
> Yes indeed. If I post something like
> "Yep - people like Stein R is a big part of the problem."
> in seperate posts to different goups without letting know
> I did so, then Stein R has a problem if he feels the need
> to 'defend' himself.

Nope. Feel free to post that wherever you like. I was just
testing your claim that "some of us" were reading all three
newsgroups so it really was appropriate to post to all three
of them at the same time.

*I* am temporarily reading s.h.m and sci.arch since I posted
separate messages to those two groups.

The fact that you apparently feel that it would be a hardship
to have to take the trouble to follow up independent threads
in three different newsgroups indicate that posting to three
newsgroups at the same time is not a brilliant plan.

You apparently read this stuff in sci.archeology.

You also claim (in another post) that the reason that you have
to crosspost your replies is "respecting the posting habits of
others".

I submit that it is far more likely that the *true* reason
(whether you want to admit it or not) for you crossposting is
just plain old stupid vanity - you apparently cannot stomach
the fact that some of the people who read the article you are
replying to might not get to read your replying words of divine
wisdom.

If that is indeed true, then that is a pretty poor excuse for
crossposting replies.

<irony>
But by all means - keep showing "respect". It is usually con-
sidered a sign of great respect to say "I cannot be bothered
to produce a separate message that is specificically aimed at
the topics discussed in this newsgroup, but if you are not
interested in all the irrelevant stuff I am crossposting, you
can just wade through it and sort out whatever scraps of it
that might be relevant for this newsgroup".
</irony>

(This message was posted to sci.archaeology only).

Grin,
Stein
.

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