View Poll Results: Should purposely misquoting someone be prohibited?

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  • Yes; It's an infringment on what people say!

    3 18.75%

  • Yes; but only when the reader wouldn't know better.

    3 18.75%

  • I don't care.

    4 25.00%

  • No; just leave it to the moderaters to remove and edit as they see fit.

    4 25.00%

  • No; the quotee shouldn't care!

    2 12.50%

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  1. 10-10-2009 #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by laserlight View Post
    it is clear that you were trying to incite Mario F. to make a negative response such that his thread would be closed... which was your actual intention.
    Actually no, the whole thing was a joke. My subsequent comment that "I guess someone should close this thread!" was a reference to the fact that Mario started the thread because another thread

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    about word games was closed at the request of the OP (in this case, MartinThatcher) because of Mario F. Which I totally respect Mario for wanting to explain himself. And I did not want his thread closed at all -- I was enjoying it.
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