From: Inertial on
"Uncle Ben" <ben(a)greenba.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 21, 7:48 pm, "Inertial" <relativ...(a)rest.com> wrote:
>> "eric gisse" <jowr.pi.nos...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
> (snip)
>
> Folks, it is not dishonest to snip stuff from a reply. In fact, it is
> good nettiquet. The original has already been posted for everyone to
> see, and to repost it in a reply is a waste of bandwidth.

It is dishonest to post a reply showing a question, and then remove from
that the part of the reply that answers it and THEN claim that the question
wasn't answered. The snipping itself isn't (though usually one has the
courtesy to put in (snip) etc

> When one comments on part of a post, keep just that part of the post
> and snip the part you are not replying to.
>
> Androcles was the first to complain about snipping, as I remember it.
> He is not a model to copy.
>
> Uncle Ben

From: Inertial on
"Uncle Ben" <ben(a)greenba.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 22, 3:43 am, "Inertial" <relativ...(a)rest.com> wrote:
[snip]
> Snipping is not gauche!

I agree .. i snip quite often, and put in appropriate [snip] marks

> Folks, it is not impolite to snip parts of a post that you are
> replying to. In fact, it is good netiquette to do so.
>
> When you reply to part of a post, snip the rest of it.

But not snip the part you ARE talking about and then say it wasn't there

> Otherwise you
> are wasting bandwidth.

Snipping the answer to question and then continue to claim it hasn't been
answered is not good netiquette .. its dishonesty