# The tree of liberty needs to be watered with the blood of school children

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**Created:** [February 15, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tree-of-liberty-needs-to-be-watered-with-the-blood-of-school-children/808854 "2018-02-15T02:32:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tree-of-liberty-needs-to-be-watered-with-the-blood-of-school-children/808854/448 "2018-02-21T11:02:46Z")

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> [@FAQ - Rules for Posting at the Straight Dope Message Boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faq-rules-for-posting-at-the-straight-dope-message-boards/369395/11):
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> **Can I modify other poster’s quotes?**  
> {…}  
> Text inside {quote} tags is sacrosanct. {…} nor may you substitute text such as “some blather” or “more nonsense” inside the {quote} tags.  
> {…}

I’m quite certain that _Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah!_ (quotation marks in a quote box no less) is, by definition, substitute text. SA’sMMV

Thankfully, I’m not a Mod . . . so I get to watch and enjoy the flailings of the rules lawyer instead of actually having to deal with them!

CMC fnord!

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