[js1138]

If you don't care to respond to the substance of an argument, why post at all. If you take the trouble to post a "provocative" quotation from a book, but have no opinion on the substance of the quote, why bother posting in the first place?

[AndrewC]

If you take the trouble to post a "provocative" quotation from a book, but have no opinion on the substance of the quote, why bother posting in the first place?

Gee, how about generating interest so that people will go look at the thread?