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Re: OT: reply styles, family matters

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On Wed, 2 Dec 2015, Mart van de Wege wrote:

> It may be that inline replies are associated with the practice 
> of 'fisking' [...]

Yes. I stumbled into that mental association some time around 
3:30am ET, at which ungodly hour thoughts of fisking seem to 
rise of their own accord. <g>

> [...] which in conservative circles is interleaving 
> derogative comments with the target of derision's original 
> content (usually a blog post).

My inner conservative wants to ask, "Are not liberals smart 
enough to fisk each other's written work?"

My inner liberal wants to ask, "Why are conservatives such a 
picky, fussy, argumentative bunch?

I believe most fisking is done by conservatives, but much of 
that activity, and certainly the best of it, is aimed at their 
conservative comrade's work.

> If the only time you see interleaved comments is in 'fisked' 
> pieces, then I could understand not feeling comfortable when 
> someone does that in an email reply.

Yes, point well taken.

-- 
Bob Bernstein

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OT: reply styles, family matters Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-01 02:40 +0100
  Re: OT: reply styles, family matters John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-01 03:00 +0100
    Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Stuart Longland <stuartl@longlandclan.id.au> - 2015-12-02 05:30 +0100
      Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-02 20:50 +0100
        Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2015-12-02 20:50 +0100
          Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-03 01:40 +0100
            Re: OT: reply styles, family matters "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2015-12-03 03:50 +0100
              Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-12-03 05:30 +0100
              Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-03 09:10 +0100
                Re: OT: reply styles, family matters <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-12-03 09:30 +0100
        Re: OT: reply styles, family matters John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-02 21:10 +0100
          Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 21:40 +0100
        Re: OT: reply styles, family matters <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-12-02 22:20 +0100
      Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-03 02:00 +0100
  Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-01 03:20 +0100
    Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-01 04:50 +0100
  Re: OT: reply styles, family matters "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2015-12-01 03:30 +0100
    Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Mike Castle <dalgoda+debian@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 04:10 +0100
    Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-01 15:20 +0100
  Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-01 09:30 +0100
  Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 10:10 +0100
    Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 10:20 +0100
      Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-01 15:30 +0100
  Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-01 15:30 +0100
    Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-01 17:40 +0100
      Re: OT: reply styles, family matters anxiousmac@gmail.com - 2015-12-01 18:30 +0100
        Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-01 22:00 +0100
      Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 11:30 +0100
        Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2015-12-02 18:20 +0100
          Re: OT: reply styles, family matters Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 21:40 +0100

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