Re: same *** marriage petition (Canada) .

"Marvin Edwards" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Gene Douglas" <genedoug@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > That's the whole point.  I already have expressed my thoughts.  You go
to
> extra work to remove them.  And what you respond to has been removed by
the
> time you do. <
>
> Uh, Gene, your thoughts are still there in your posts. I have no way to
> remove them. As to what appears in my posts, that is up to me, not you.
As
> long as I do not misrepresent you, I may snip whatever I feel is
irrelevant.

Unfortunately, you also snip what you feel is relevant.

> I do not believe I have been misrepresenting you. If you have an example
> where you think I have, then post it, and I'll see if you're right. If
you
> are, I will apologize and try to be more careful.  But so far, we're
> discussing an example which does not seem to exist. Hey, take a look at
how
> I responded to Mr. Edgar's post. He made some pretty nasty accusations
> against a UU Church in Canada. I snipped everything except what I wished
to
> explicitly deal with. I saw no reason to repeat his accusations in my
post.
> I believe I did the right thing. If I followed your policy, then his
> accusations would be spread all over every post in the friggin thread!
>
So long as you are sympathetic and agreeable with him, he probably won't
complain.  Had you objected to a statement of his, it would be courteous
to
leave in all of what you object to, rather than to quote a phrase out of
context, as if that is what you disagree with.