# It seems to me that some first responders frequently quote the OP in its entirety. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 5, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737 "2013-07-05T17:58:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/1 "2013-07-05T17:58:46Z")
It seems to me that some first responders frequently quote the OP in its entirety. Do I just have a hang-up in my observational skills and these things jump out and grab me or do these seemingly redundant quotes serve some purpose?? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/2 "2013-07-05T18:01:03Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > It seems to me that some first responders frequently quote the OP in its entirety. Do I just have a hang-up in my observational skills and these things jump out and grab me or do these seemingly redundant quotes serve some purpose?? I think you’re right ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/3 "2013-07-05T18:02:41Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > It seems to me that some first responders frequently quote the OP in its entirety. Do I just have a hang-up in my observational skills and these things jump out and grab me or do these seemingly redundant quotes serve some purpose?? I’ve even seen second responders doing it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/4 "2013-07-05T18:09:10Z")
I thought first responders were firemen and the like? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/5 "2013-07-05T18:18:53Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > It seems to me that some first responders frequently quote the OP in its entirety. Do I just have a hang-up in my observational skills and these things jump out and grab me or do these seemingly redundant quotes serve some purpose?? They serve a purpose. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/6 "2013-07-05T18:32:13Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I thought first responders were firemen and the like? You’d really think they wouldn’t want to waste time quoting the entire 911 call before rushing into the burning building, so there must be some reason for it. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/7 "2013-07-05T18:45:15Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > It seems to me that some first responders frequently quote the OP in its entirety. Do I just have a hang-up in my observational skills and these things jump out and grab me or do these seemingly redundant quotes serve some purpose?? Bookmarking this to resurrect in a couple years. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/8 "2013-07-05T18:58:07Z")
I haven’t been here long, but I’ve been ninja’d and double-ninja’d a number of times. Quoting is a way of making sure that you’re addressing the OP, rather than a comment that came up between the time you started typing and got around to hitting the actual Post button. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/9 "2013-07-05T19:04:32Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > It seems to me that some first responders frequently quote the OP in its entirety. Do I just have a hang-up in my observational skills and these things jump out and grab me or do these seemingly redundant quotes serve some purpose?? +1 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/10 "2013-07-05T19:05:33Z")
That was in response to Prof. Pepperwinkle btw ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/11 "2013-07-05T19:17:56Z")
> [@But, Mr. Adams...: The 1776 Appreciation Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-mr-adams-the-1776-appreciation-thread/662628/1): > > In honor of the Fourth of July, I’d like to pay tribute to one of my favorite stage and movie musicals, 1776. > > Who would have thought that a musical about the signing of the Declaration of Independence would be so terrific? But it WORKS, every bit of it…songs, script, everything. > > The DVD with all the restored footage is probably one of the most faithful stage-to-screen adaptations you’ll find (especially since nearly all of the original stage cast reprises their roles). Unfortunately, it does leave out a little bit here and there (including the tag-end of “The Lees of Old Virginia”, which, strangely enough, was on the laserdisc), but that doesn’t make it any less good. > > I first saw this in my sixth-grade class. However, our teacher had cut out most of the songs since he thought it would only make the class laugh at it. (He reckoned without one musical-theater nut.) So I didn’t hear how good the songs were until I caught it on television a few years later. > > However, songs aside, this has probably one of the best scripts of any musical ever. I learned more about the Founding Fathers, their personalities, and their conflicts from this show than six years of history classes and an entire childhood of Schoolhouse Rock (nothing against that, though). The question of states’ rights versus federal rights. The problem of anti-slavery men having to grit their teeth and accept slavery for the time being in order to make any progress. The fact that John Dickinson had several good points in his arguments against independence, and wasn’t just a villain. The fact that even the North’s hands weren’t entirely clean in the matter of slavery. > > What’s interesting is the notes by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards at the end of the published script explaining what was accurate and what wasn’t. They based as much as they could on concrete information, and where they didn’t have that, they made educated guesses. One point they made was, “why should people even HAVE to ask if it happened this way? There were so many different issues and personalities in that building in July 1776, and our COUNTRY was born from them…doesn’t that deserve more in classrooms than a one-dimensional rah-rah session?” > > It’s on TCM tonight…but not until 1:30 AM. :mad: So you’ll have to get your hands on the DVD to see what I mean. In any case, highly recommended. wot? ---
**Author:** ![Zago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zago)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/12 "2013-07-05T19:26:03Z")
I’ve noticed that some responders will quote either the OP or another responder with a quote in it’s entirety instead of selecting the portion relevant to their response. This really annoys me. I appreciate brief, concise posts. I must confess, I’ve run into technical glitches with trying to excerpt portions of a quote on a couple of occasions so that could be a reason to use the entire quote. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/13 "2013-07-05T19:49:10Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > wot? Who? > [@Zago](#): > > I’ve noticed that some responders will quote either the OP or another responder with a quote in it’s entirety instead of selecting the portion relevant to their response. This really annoys me. I appreciate brief, concise posts. > > I must confess, I’ve run into technical glitches with trying to excerpt portions of a quote on a couple of occasions so that could be a reason to use the entire quote. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/14 "2013-07-05T20:12:44Z")
> [@Zago](#): > > I’ve noticed that some responders will quote either the OP or another responder with a quote in it’s entirety instead of selecting the portion relevant to their response. This really annoys me. I appreciate brief, concise posts. > > I must confess, I’ve run into technical glitches with trying to excerpt portions of a quote on a couple of occasions so that could be a reason to use the entire quote. tldr ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/15 "2013-07-05T20:15:00Z")
> [@Zago](#): > > I’ Hear, hear. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/16 "2013-07-05T20:15:41Z")
> [@Zago](#): > > I’ve noticed that some responders will quote either the OP or another responder with a quote in it’s entirety instead of selecting the portion relevant to their response. This really annoys me. I appreciate brief, concise posts. > > I must confess, I’ve run into technical glitches with trying to excerpt portions of a quote on a couple of occasions so that could be a reason to use the entire quote. Trimming a quote (especially in Great Debates) can bring accusations of changing the context or meaning. Granted, that rarely is the case unless the posters are going back and forth with long, complicated discussions, but it does contribute to a cultural bias for quoting in entirety. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/17 "2013-07-06T22:52:21Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > It seems to me that some first responders frequently quote the OP in its entirety. Do I just have a hang-up in my observational skills and these things jump out and grab me or do these seemingly redundant quotes serve some purpose?? A lot of long-timers do, too. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/18 "2013-07-07T02:38:01Z")
It’s faster and easier to just quote the whole bit, rather than to extract. Makes for some redundancy, but then a li’l repetition is not a worrisome thing. I tend to quote and extract, because I think it makes my own comments seem more pithy and focused. But I think this is a matter of individual taste and preferences. I assume, **janeslogin** , you weren’t suggestion some sort of rule or administrative guideline? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/19 "2013-07-07T10:43:38Z")
I really think mods should hand out warnings for completely unnecessary quoting of an entire post, or at least suggestions. It’s an eyesore. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737/20 "2013-07-07T15:14:33Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I really think mods should hand out warnings for completely unnecessary quoting of an entire post, or at least suggestions. It’s an eyesore. I agree. … Oops! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737.md?page=2)