--- "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote:
> ><much snippage> > >*Technical point* Your quote was NOT what he said! > > > Deborah, you snipped too far. > > Here is what was written: > > The difference between now and WWII is that such > people would not be > allowed to commit similar errors 12 years later, > like...... attacking in > 180 degrees the wrong direction. > > Saddam could have waited. The people who are > killing Americans, waging > jihad against our civilization and corrupting our > leaders live in Riyadh. > **************************************************************************** > > Dr. Brin is not simply making "the North Korea > argument" (i.e. isn't North > Korea or X a greater and more immediate threat > traq?) > > No, Dr. Brin has clearly called our failure to > attack Riyadh "an error." > > Now, maybe that's not what he intended (his most > recent post basically > retracts the above comment as being "sardonic"), but > I did not misstate the > actual words that were written. John - When I see something in quotes, I expect it to be *exactly* what the person said/wrote; if words are left out, I expect to see '<snip>' or '...' (as you did above: <<...similar errors 12 years later, > like...... attacking in > 180 degrees the wrong direction>> ) If a summary or extrapolation is being made, then the words should be in ' 's instead of " "s; or else they should be preceded or followed by <<It seems to me>> or <<one surmises>> etc. Combining words without showing that there was a discontinuity is like combining 2 pictures without stating "Edited for composition" or something to that effect. Debbi __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
