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Quoting an uncivil comment?

Posted by Larry Hoover on August 25, 2003, at 15:22:43

Just curious....Would quoting a clearly insulting comment be itself a breach of the civility guidelines? I feel an urge to comment about something I just read on the med board, but I'm uncomfortable about quoting it, and my comment might not be fully understood if I don't.

Lar

Re: Quoting an uncivil comment?

Posted by Dr. Bob on August 25, 2003, at 20:32:26

In reply to Quoting an uncivil comment?, posted by Larry Hoover on August 25, 2003, at 15:22:43

> Would quoting a clearly insulting comment be itself a breach of the civility guidelines? I feel an urge to comment about something I just read on the med board, but I'm uncomfortable about quoting it, and my comment might not be fully understood if I don't.

Language that could offend others I'd rather not have quoted "as is", but I think it should be OK to quote comments that might be considered uncivil in for other reasons.

You'd redirect your comment here, right? :-)

Bob

Re: Quoting an uncivil comment? » Dr. Bob

Posted by Larry Hoover on August 26, 2003, at 7:04:44

In reply to Re: Quoting an uncivil comment?, posted by Dr. Bob on August 25, 2003, at 20:32:26

> > Would quoting a clearly insulting comment be itself a breach of the civility guidelines? I feel an urge to comment about something I just read on the med board, but I'm uncomfortable about quoting it, and my comment might not be fully understood if I don't.
>
> Language that could offend others I'd rather not have quoted "as is",

You mean the use of asterisks? I would have done so.

> but I think it should be OK to quote comments that might be considered uncivil in for other reasons.

Just to emphasize that the language was at issue.

> You'd redirect your comment here, right? :-)
>
> Bob

Redirect? I would have left it "in thread", methinks.

BTW, how does one redirect a thread?

Lar

Re: how to redirect a follow-up

Posted by Dr. Bob on August 27, 2003, at 9:02:19

In reply to Re: Quoting an uncivil comment? » Dr. Bob, posted by Larry Hoover on August 26, 2003, at 7:04:44

> BTW, how does one redirect a thread?

See:

http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#redirect

Bob

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