Posted by Tamar on October 26, 2005, at 9:04:58
In reply to Re: the other person’s words » alexandra_k, posted by 10derHeart on October 25, 2005, at 23:48:15
some of their words appear uncivil to me...especially when they were quite a small part of a longer post...I've 'snipped' those words out and then explained why I thought they should be careful, just underneath....
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> and I take it you're saying that's a no-no...?Yeah, that’s the sort of thing that made me start thinking about the implications of the rule about quoting other people.
> I do it to be clear. I had no clue that would technically be uncivil. Or is it okay before/until the poster actually receives a PBC?
And here’s the other thing that occurred to me: if a PBC from Dr Bob or one of the deputies quotes the offending material, then *technically* the PBC is uncivil :)
Sorry, I think I’m the one beating it to death!
Tamar
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