Whoa!  I think you went a bit far in assuming that my preference for bottom
posting indicated some sort of utter disdain for people who need to use a
reader for their email.  All I said was that previous netmanners that I
learned indicated that top posting was the ruder way to go.  I think you've
just jumped down my throat for some rather mild remarks on my part.  I did
not call *you* a clueless newbie, but simply said that I have frequently
seen other top posters called such in several forums (Usenet, email, and
lists).

If you are conscientious about trimming down quoted material, there's no
need for anybody to hear endless repetitions of the same material, but
rather a few sentences that give the gist of what you are responding to.  If
you have a stack of email that may intersperse stuff from a listserv with
emails from family and friends, and also contain the occasional piece of
spam, wouldn't a few sentences that clue a person into the fact that they
are reading something pertinent to a specific discussion be helpful?  Not
knowing anybody who uses a reader, I can't answer that question.

I feel like I need to reply about the insinuation that I am being greatly
disrespectful to the disabled - do I have to bring up the fact that I work
as a volunteer with a therapy riding program that helps children who range
from autistic to having cerebral palsy?  I don't live in an insular little
bubble that ignores the possibility of disabled people around me.  And I
don't know if I believe that my preference for bottom posting is limiting my
reality to exclude people like your friend Frank.

Genevieve

Genevieve Ellerbee
Associate Registrar
DAR Museum
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indigo Nights [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 10:14 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Posting Style:  A Suggestion
>
> Well, I'm far from a newbie, having been online for
> more than a half-dozen years, but I found out I was a
> clueless TAB (temporarily able bodied, which most of
> us start out life as until circumstances or the age
> fairy bop us on the head and body parts stop
> performing anonymously) until I spent time with folks
> who have to use devices to read their mail aloud for
> them.
>
> It was such a simple change to make that it has become
> second nature for me to do.  If you're comfortable
> posting at the bottom, and you don't mind if others
> have to hear the same message 15 times, and you're
> worried that your words won't be convincing enough
> that you'll be perceived as clueless, I guess you'll
> want to continue in the same fashion.
>
> Me, I personally like to think of an inclusive
> community and not disincluding those who may be
> different than I.  Often times, accommodations for the
> disabled are so simple to do, cost veritability
> nothing (most accommodations, according to the
> government entity that assists PWD--People with
> Disabilities--cost less than $500 to provide), and yet
> meet with resistance by people who take their five
> senses, mobility, and mental health for granted.
>
> And when you expand your reality to include those
> whose is different than your own--very bright, quite
> caring, motivated PWD--you can learn they can be as
> raucous as anyone else.  You should meet my friend
> Frank who was born with spina bifida and yet dances in
> competitions with TABs in his wheelchair!  He's
> absolutely awesome and such a caring rogue!
>
> Oh, well, I tried.
>

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