"ipse dixit" <f@chance> wrote
> On Fri, 21 May 2004 11:56:34 -0700, "Dutch" > wrote:
> >"ipse dixit" <f@chance> wrote
> >
> >> Snipping without notation is a whole lot different to
> >> editing an opponent's posts before then replying to
> >> them.
> >
> >No it's not,
>
> Yes, it most certainly is. To edit your opponent's
> post before replying to it is merely arguing with
> yourself instead of your opponent.

It's more than that, it's misrepresenting your opponent's point of view,
which is exactly what you do. In fact you hardly do anything else.

> It's the most
> reprehensible tactic available to him and cannot
> be excused

I'm not excusing it, I'm applauding it. Incidentally, the tactic of cutting
off a sentence halfway and responding as if were the entire thought is
another little game I learned from you. That one alone justifies the use of
any tactic against you.