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Richard wrote:
#Conclusion: If you don't want to be quoted, keep quiet!

And you can't argue with that, as long as the context of your quote 
is not "inadvertently" missed.

A letter to the Ed of a magazine is generally either self-contained 
or references some previous letter/article.  

Mailings to this and other lists could be assumed to be read in the 
light of all prior messages on the same thread ... ie the context is 
the whole thread ... not the isolated message.

Quoting from an isolated posting ... thus out of that context ... 
may give a distorted view the originator's opinions. 

I guess if AC want to use some of the learned material from this 
list, it would be good form for them to approach the author for a 
mutually acceptable form of words ... preferably in the form of a 
repeat mailing direct to them.

Bob Talbot

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