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11-01-2006, 10:51 AM
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Lover - Protector - Teacher
Location: Seattle, WA
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I don't read Host's posts. I don't have the time nor the effort to read every source he provides. There is a very good reason that profesionally written and peer-reviewed information includes references, and there's also a VERY good reason that it's included simply as a list at the end.
It's great that you want to share your sources, just as any good scholar. But I don't want to read their writing, I want to read yours. If you didnt include so many quotes, I wouldn't hestitate to read it. Especially since I typically agree with you. in short: I don't read any of your post because it's so loaded with quotes. If you wrote like a journal and included appropriate quotes WITHIN your opinion, citing the sources below, I'd read every one of them. While me reading your post might not be important, I'm not alone.
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11-02-2006, 03:26 PM
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spudly
Location: Ellay
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2 reasons discussion suffers in politics threads:
1) Posters with an agenda derail every thread so that they are all about the same topics; and 2) Threads quickly get choked to death by extraneous information. I've got no problem with references, but the times that I have bothered to read every quoted and linked word I have not found it to be worthwhile or rewarding. Hell, it wasn't even topical.
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(talk about a short post)
