Edgar and Joe, I think snipping and replying is okay to a point. The danger is of course when by snipping you remove the item from a larger context which may be important. Also sometimes people zero-in on some part of your post which you feel is inconsequential and certainly not the focus or point of the post. I think this happens more frequently when people post LONG posts which touch multiple topics. You might only be interested in responding to one of the topics.
But all in all I'd rather see people respond and interchange ideas than not actively participate in the forum. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Edgar, > > I assume that people reading replies have already read the thread and are > informed. I only include *something* of the previous post in order to > remind, not to re-hash the entirety, which I claim is unnecessary. If you're > only noticing this practice of mine NOW, after 5 months, I'd say the loss > incurred by the lack of repetition of intel is particularly insignificant, > even if you should think to claim otherwise at this very late date. > > It's my practice in all groups everywhere. But not just mine. > > I always feature the part of the previous post that I am replying to, and > snip the remainder (except when I initiate a new thread). > > Bandwidth and mailbox space are commodities; maybe less so now, than 20 years > ago. Again, old diehards have habits. Some of them good!, even though the > world may have have moved on... . I maintain it's a good habit, and good > practice; of course, we all can be a little better in all we do. ;-) > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote: > > > > It destroys context when you snip off parts of the post you are replying to. > > [snip] > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
