I agree that inline replies, when taken to the extreme that you illustrate, are more asinine than they are useful. Personally, I tend to reply to a paragraph or

I agree that inline replies, when taken to the extreme that you illustrate, are more asinine than they are useful. Personally, I tend to reply to a paragraph or two at a time, a style which doesn't, in my opinion, have the same "you idiot" rhetorical feel. It's just easier to read and understand than a giant block of text responding to several unrelated points, followed by a giant untrimmed quote. Not all bottom posting/inline quoting is of the holier-than-thou nature. :)