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Actually, I think that Robert said this sort of handling was ok. If the post is just a quote. And the handle is just the quotee.

alcaray — 8/2/2008 7:50:32 PM (archived)

Frankly I don't like it either. I like to know who is posting the quote.

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â€œI happen to be privileged enough ....." - Edgar Mitchell, Ph.D. retired Apol - 8/2/2008 2:19:37 AM
- Lindy - nick hoffman - 8/2/2008 4:41:26 PM
  - Actually, I think that Robert said this sort of handling was ok. If the post is just a quote. And the handle is just the quotee. - alcaray - 8/2/2008 7:50:32 PM
    - I think there's a particular danger here - Space Moderator Nick - 8/4/2008 12:32:10 PM
      - I agree with you. - alcaray - 8/4/2008 6:14:23 PM
  - re: Lindy - Lindy - 8/2/2008 7:35:36 PM
- Is there a reason... - McFly - 8/2/2008 1:18:14 PM
  - re: Is there a reason... - Lindy - 8/2/2008 7:38:25 PM
    - "Why do you think it would embarrass me?" - McFly - 8/3/2008 1:49:37 AM
  - ps.. - McFly - 8/2/2008 1:26:48 PM
    - The free-for-all - Mary Anne - 8/5/2008 1:41:35 AM
      - just a quick note - McFly - 8/5/2008 4:08:25 PM
    - Yeah, I hear ya McFly - Yeti - 8/3/2008 12:22:19 AM
      - edited html - Yeti - 8/3/2008 12:23:49 AM
        
        Agreed (n/t) - McFly - 8/3/2008 12:56:28 AM
- "The Roswell Crash is real....." - Apollo 14 Astronaut - 8/2/2008 2:34:05 AM
  - Thats nice. But can we please get people to use real handles instead of throwaways? (n/t) - Yeti - 8/2/2008 3:07:13 AM

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