Unfortunately, yes...... weeks. :(

:mad: Quote the entire sentence, Shawnee, or you're lying by selective editing. You don't want to be a liar, do you?

This is what I really said and what you didn't:

Good thing we are a Republic and not a Democracy.

UG, so you protest having attributed to you? Really the only possible omission would be the three words preceeding the quote, thus:
and their addition hardly lets you off the hook. You believe Ann Coulter's remarks are true or you suspect Ann Coulter's remarks are true. A difference of degree, not kind.

Calling her a liar because she didn't quote you entirely is completely off base. The rest of your sentence was justification for your position, which she captured succinctly. Methinks the nutjob doth protest too much. There are countless examples where quotes of less than a whole sentence do not constitute lying. This is just another one of them. Quit whining.

I object to the shaving of the context, V. How was that unclear?

Well I think you've cleared it up now UG. It's all semantics anyway, so why not move along?

I mean really, does anyone here care whether you 'suspect' or 'believe' everything Anny Coulter says is true?

Come to that, reckon I would.

It wouldn't be of much moment to anyone outside our borders, though.

How looooooong can we spin this thread out, like so many cyber-Norns? :D

It'll probably die a natural death now that you've reached the limits of banality in this one UG. :)

"It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950 - except Goldwater in '64 - the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted." (A.Coulter 05/17/2003)

You agree with that, Professor UG?

On second thought, please drink the kool-aid.

I hardly ever quote entire posts. I quote the part I'm responding to. Posts can contain more than one point, and I'm keeping the ideas linear by quoting and responding to something specific. It's a courtesy to the reader, preventing them from having to sort through many extraneous lines of text to find the point that is being addressed. It also cleans up the visual appearance of the thread; how many times do we need to read the same post? The excerpt that I quote is sometimes just a cue as to which post I am responding to, maybe a slight reminder of what the content was, a representative part of a larger section. To me, it's all about keeping the thread clean, clear, and no longer than necessary. And, after all, the interested reader need only scroll up to read the whole post, if they are interested. In fact, now our quotes contain a link, so the complete text is only one click away!

My rules for quoting:

The goal should be clear and concise quotes, to facilitate the exchange of ideas. For any ethical questions that may arise, we are on the honor system.

But it's not working! :p

Bear in mind Ann Coulter's style and method is very much that of the AM radio talk show host: devise a thesis phrased to rouse any rousable rabble. This does not of itself determine if the thesis is right or wrong; the point is to be provocative.

Your frustration count, Hipp, will go down dramatically once you quit trying to find evil in a place where there isn't any -- in the heart of Urbane Guerrilla. I know you desperately want to, but you'll have to get in line behind tw and maybe one or two more loonies, and I don't think they'd be disposed to leave any for you.

well stop posting!

Nnnnno!

[Oh fuck, I don't need any smiley!]

No frustration here, Professor, I leave that to you and Coulter. And I'm glad we identified her as a rabble rousing agent provocateur.