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[Ray Easton]

David Morris wrote:
> I guess we all have our thresholds.  But, really, how imposing is it
> to post plain text.  Sometimes nannies are right.
>
>   
If Kai, or anyone else, wants to post in some manner other than plain 
text, why the hell is that anyone's concern?  If someone can't read it, 
then they can't read it -- so what?  They'll miss out on what Kai has to 
say, but if Kai doesn't care, so what?  The post will be unreadable in 
the archives, or in the digest, but again, so what?  If Kai doesn't 
care, who else should?   

It is one thing to point out to the list that posts not in plain text 
will be unreadable in the archives and in the digest.  And, knowing 
this, those who care about such things might then decide to post in 
plain text.  But it is another thing entirely to badger a poster who 
chooses to ignore this.  Sometimes nannies *are* right, but even when 
they are, the p-list hardly seems a place for them.

Ray