Re: [OT]<F6>[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice and OpenOffice

Good morning, MR ZenWiz,



> Do the words "Edit your replies to leave out what isn't relevant" mean
> anything in this discussion?

:-)  At midnight, and dead on my feet, I wasn't really interested in editing
anything other than my own text.

A related point is, sometimes when you edit someone else's writings, new
readers can come away with a misunderstanding, or even a lack of knowledge,
especially if they do not take the time to read the original post.  I know
when I wrote my reply to Bob Holtzman, I had to scroll back and see exactly
what ws in my original post.

> You do know that this stuff is all archived and therefore need NOT be
> included in every single reply, right?
>
> I do, and that is a good thing.  Censorship, or "constructive editing", or
whatever you may wish to call it, can be a dangerous route to go, depending
on the subject.

A case in point, for those who are not US citizens, and ever for those that
are...

Our House of Representatives made a point (and I'm not sure "point" is the
correct word here) to read the US Constitution at the opening of the new
legislative session.  But, they took the route of "selective editing" of the
Constitution, and read only certain parts.  Only the portions of the
Constitution that are in effect were read, they did not include the portions
that had been changed or deleted.  The negative result is, someone in
another country and sadly even some of our own citizens, could come a way
with a complete misunderstanding of what the original document and its
creators actually said and intended to say.  It left out a very valuable
part of our history.

-- 

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Ken Springer

"All progress depends upon the unreasonable person."
George Bernard Shaw


Cheap prices make for cheap goods; cheap goods make for
cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country!"
President William McKinley


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