Main List Problems

[abigailnus]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, <silverdragon at e...> wrote:
> Relative Newbie here, so please don't bite (not too hard anyway) LOL!
> 
> Just a note on snipping...
> 
> Those who do snip and only leave the "parts of the post relevant to the
> point they are making" are then often pounced upon by those who made the
> original post because "you left out the part where I said..."

Nox, 

Could you give a for-instance?  Does this pouncing take place on
 or off-list?  Generally speaking, it can be difficult to find a 
representative quote from a given post, and I suppose some 
posters could be concerned about being misrepresented (about a 
year ago, I wrote a post which started with a rather inflamatory 
statement which I then qualified in the ensuing two paragraphs.  
So many people latched on to that first sentence, and quoted it 
without the stuff that followed, that it has become synonimous 
with a mind-set that many list members find very disagreeable, 
and which I don't hold myself).  However, pouncing as a response 
is probably (again, I'm speaking without knowing the specifics of 
the case) not acceptable.

If you find yourself having problems quoting briefly from a post, 
try to find the most representative paragraph, and offer an 
apology for not quoting the whole thing.  You can summarize 
the rest of the quoted post, or suggest that your readers go and 
read the whole thing.

Abigail