[OT] Why do people detest top posting so much?

[Bart Silverstrim]

Lorenzo Taylor wrote:
> I can answer any question without quoting the same way I remember having to 
> answer questions back when I was in school. I was told to answer questions in 
> complete sentences, which usually involved rephrasing or paraphrasing part of 
> the question but not requoting the entire question.  It doesn't help to requote 
> the entire question if a simple rephrasing or paraphrasing a very small part of 
> the question to form a complete answer is sufficient. This post can serve as an 
> example, as can my previous post, which was clearly answering the OP's question 
> without requoting it.

Then you won't mind when people mis-attribute something you didn't say 
as something you said and get ticked at you for it :-)