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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1880425" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p>On the ancient Usenet news sites, it was considered polite to indicate that you had removed (snipped) part of a comment. It is very easy to change the sense of a comment by selective quoting (look at any theatre or book review).</p><p></p><p>"I came to the theatre expecting to be enthralled. Instead I was appalled."</p><p></p><p>Review "...enthralled..." but at least the dots hint at ommited words.</p><p></p><p>Not sure how best to indicate this if you highlight then reply.</p><p></p><p>Being upfront about snipping can reduce the number of complaints from the Original Poster (OP) that part of a comment has been taken out of context. As in the review above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 1880425, member: 6467"] On the ancient Usenet news sites, it was considered polite to indicate that you had removed (snipped) part of a comment. It is very easy to change the sense of a comment by selective quoting (look at any theatre or book review). "I came to the theatre expecting to be enthralled. Instead I was appalled." Review "...enthralled..." but at least the dots hint at ommited words. Not sure how best to indicate this if you highlight then reply. Being upfront about snipping can reduce the number of complaints from the Original Poster (OP) that part of a comment has been taken out of context. As in the review above. [/QUOTE]
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