It is helpful in the avoidance of confusion.
<blockquote>They are NOT my statements.</blockquote>
It's tedious to spell it out, and there are no shortcuts, but it is useful.
"This is an example of the sick data creationists are putting on the web. This is sort of like the old line where the sun couldn’t be older than 6000 years because it would burn out in only a few thousand years. I think the YECers have finally dropped that one. Don’t you agree that the below is really OTTT and totally discounted by present observations and theories?"