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To: Terry Maloney who wrote (248074)	7/2/2003 9:20:36 AM
From: Oblomov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

It's journalistic courtesy to tidy up speech when putting it in print. Anacoluthon, parenthesis, and pauses do not lend themselves to easy reading. Several right-wing reporters printed verbatim excerpts of testimony of alleged communist sympathisers during the HUAC hearings in the early 1950s, in order to discredit them - when someone hems and haws in print it conveys indecision or stupidity. This was done again by left-wingers during Watergate. I think it shows a lack of respect for one's subject. BWDIK, our culture is becoming coarser whether I want it to or not.