Answered in line just for fun
Just to deal with the class system.
Class system has been around for centuries and will remain so.
Although, this is being erroded slowly it is nertheless there. People
apply it subtly.
Under Tony Blair, the gap between those who have and those who don't
have widened. This is very good news as I always believe that economy
operates more efficiently this way. In Communism, class system was
non existent and look what a fine mess there were in!
In socialism as described by Karl Marx there is no distinction in value for
different professions. The closest communist regime to this is Cuba.
Although some communists profess to follow Marx's teachings in reality they
vary widely in implementing them. All communist countries to date have a
class system whereby some are more privileged than others. If anything
western capitalist countries have less of a class system than most communist
countries. Where I live the class system is non existent. People with more
money certainly can do things that others can't. This has nothing to do with
a class system but is simply purchasing power. A class system shouldn't be
confused with wealth. In the old English class system there existed upper
class families which had little or no wealth and lower class families with a
lot of wealth. I guess I mistakenly thought this outmoded way of thinking
disappeared in England after the industrial revolution.
Hot air flows towards cold air. Same process applies with wealth!
Top posting is better as it is easy to read the message. When you
have followed the thread from the outset, you don't want to waste any
time reading it all over again. You just want to read what is new
and deal with it. Do you bottom post in business as well? We don't!
The top posting vs. bottom posting argument is almost as old as Usenet. As
Mike Hall has pointed out it is easier to top post when using OE. I and most
long time Usenet users prefer bottom posting with judicious snipping for
context. With add-ons like OE Quotefix, OE can be a very good newsreader for
text groups.
In business email I bottom post unless I know the recipient has a preference
for top posting.
Where exactly are you from? I haven't looked at the headers of your
messages yet. Perhaps I should. You are not from Ireland are you?
The name Kerry sounds Irish but then I may be wrong.
I'm not from Ireland. I have always wanted to visit Kerry county but so far
haven't. Closest I've been to Ireland is Bristol.
Time to go to bed. It is 01:16 here in London and Dublin!
Best regards,
It's been fun.
Kerry
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