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   From: clams_canino@earthdink.net   
      
   "Wayne Brown"  wrote in message   
   news:m16ttd$b5u$1@dont-> Preserving correct attributions is not "minor post   
   formatting" but an   
   > important part of USENET netiquette.  Also, no one called you a "horrible   
   > person."  You were merely asked whether the source of your statement   
   > about men being "easily corrupted" was in the books or the films.   
   > It makes a difference, since a statement made ONLY in the films would   
   > have no relevance to interpreting the author's intentions in the book.   
   > For some of us, identifying the source of information (whether from   
   > films, books or other USENET articles) has a bearing on how we evaluate   
   > that information.  (I'm one of those who ALWAYS reads the footnotes in   
   > books and seldom reads nonfiction that doesn't have footnotes.)   
      
   You're absolutely right.   
   Except that *this* poster never quoted anything - he was trolled.   
   And it seems that many people are now attributed a "quote" to him that was   
   never a quote.   
   So you were trolled too...   :)   
   -W   
      
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