Re: Which Makes Most Sense?

Prisoner at War wrote:


> Well, even etiquette usually follows some kind of logic.  The
> assumptions may be arbitrary -- like toilet paper over or under -- but
> there is logic leading to the final outcome.  I tend to stick with
> tucking things within quotes just because it looks better (more tidy),
> except in cases where doing so would be misleading (question marks
> which are mine and not part of the original quote, say).
> 
At least as often, etiquette follows no kind of logic except the one of 
<soapbox>making it difficult or awkward to learn and comply with, 
because otherwise it won't serve its primary purpose of marking out the 
elite from the would-be elite</soapbox>. It often comes prepackaged with 
elaborate rationalisations though.

Colin