[conservatism_IS_compassion]

To: Borges

Faulkner wrote lots of good stuff after age 40.

Hey, I just post the piece...didn't write it.

Arguing about something like that is like arguing what flavors of ice cream.

Doesn’t mean he’s arguing with you. If you post an article other freepers will address almost all general comments to you by default.

That's an idiosyncrasy of the FR format. I personally try to evade that problem by using <tt> instead of <i> to indicate a quotation of the article rather than a quotation of a reply.

(I also use <blockquote> in an effort to help make quotations from various sources stand out from each other - but that's just me).

[D-fendr]

IMHO, just blanking out the “To” field is the best and quickest method for a general comment on the thread or article.