Top Posting/Bottom Posting

I have observed a number of lengthy feuds over top and bottom posting on
various email talk lists. Neither side concedes defeat and the muddle
continues.

Another way to go might be

If someone makes a post and the next posting for the thread is a bottom
posting - what if we just followed the trend for that thread and continue to
bottom post even though we might have fundamentalist beliefs that it is not
right (or visa versa)?