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 (in fact, they don’t have a choice unless they delete your screen name when posting) but they aren’t directing them at you personally.
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.To: BorgesHey, I just post the piece...didn't write it.Faulkner wrote lots of good stuff after age 40.
Arguing about something like that is like arguing what flavors of ice cream.
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).