Re: Brevity is the essence of wit..

[larry@csccat.cs.com (Larry Spence)]

In article <XmoX42w164w@darkside.com> bullroar@darkside.COM (Mark Kraft) writes:
>I'm quite sure that we all like lots of muscians, and that is quite an 
>admirable quality to have..                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Apparently you haven't read the post in r.m.music by the girl who would
"give [her] very life to see Morrissey."  %) %)

>Could we at least agree to urge the weeding out of these 
>offending double-posts and make references to previous posts without quoting 
>the post verbatim ad nausea? 

When people are engaged in an argument where they're disagreeing about what
various parties have said/implied, we're going to see old posts quoted.  To
the extent that I follow things like the AATHP/LL flames (not much), I don't
want someone to make unsupported accusations.  Quoting the other side's exact
words can be tedious, but necessary.

>This is really a magazine, of sorts, and as 
>such, we should issue a certain discretion to make sure that what we write 
>isn't too redundant. 

Another factor is that people all over the world see a post within maybe a
few hours of each other, and many reply within hours of each other.  So we
end up with a bunch of posts that all quote the same posting.  I can't see
how this could be avoided without heavy moderation and a considerable delay.
I would prefer to get everything ASAP and do my own editing.  Subscribe to
Homeground or whatever if you want it all neat and tidy (and boring)...

>Just keep it informative, to the 
>point, and entertaining. We shouldn't try to be excessively American in our 
>hit & run viewpoint of entertainment, 
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oh, I see, that's all Kate is to you, _entertainment_, huh?!?  %) 

>but it would be nice to see more 
>information and a tad less bickerring. 

There's not that much going on, Kate-wise, thus the various arguments & etc.
Do you have some Tour O' Life Mark II info for us, hmm? %)

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Larry Spence
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