Quote:
Originally Posted by Botnst
When we quote from a presidential speech, do we use the entire tirade? No, we excise the portion that interests us. When we wish to cite a portion of the Bible, do we start with "In the Beginning..." and run for a thousand pages? Clearly not if we're quoting from Proverbs.
Context is necessary to make certain we are not changing the intent of the portion excised.
Clearly the context was consistent.
QED
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Fairness is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. To me, your editing of the OP was unfair. cmac's subsequent responses make it appear as if your criticism did not miss the mark, at least not by much, but I still see no justification for your deletion of the substantive part of the OP.