2006-12-27 08:18:54 · 22 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ben_yhvh_7:
If you review my questions and answers and those of the people who have responded here, I think you would find that we represent some of the more astute users of this board, not the more ignorant ones. Don't try our patience with verbage.
2006-12-27 08:28:34 · update #1
Certainly. I can't even be bothered to scroll through 2000 words of verse, let alone read it. If I thought the poster had put any effort into putting there it might be different, but if S/HE hasn't just read it, I'm not going to either.
2006-12-27 08:41:40 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Oh yes---if it's a cut-and-paste.
If it is someone's own words and not stolen from a holy book or someone else's website, I leave it alone. But the very long answers copied from websites are a copyright violation on fair use anyway so I thumbs down them out of principle.
2006-12-27 09:21:03 · answer #2 · answered by Witchy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost always.
Very few long answers really warrant more than a few sentences. I will, however, scan the first paragraph to see if it's worthwhile. Sometimes, people will have an ongoing development of ideas and a question/answer will get huge. Those are cool as long as each step is well marked.
2006-12-27 08:22:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
YES!!!
Especially when it's a looong post that's just quotations from someone's holy book. ANYONE's holy book.
There are certainly long answers that are worth reading through - those tend to be a person's own thoughts.
2006-12-27 08:47:49 · answer #4 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Every time I visit here.
Especially when it's all cut and paste. Which is usually the case with the absurdly long answers.
2006-12-27 08:24:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely!
2006-12-27 08:23:20 · answer #6 · answered by Medusa 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If its an obvious cut n paste scripture job, yes if its a thought out considered answer no.
2006-12-27 08:22:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-12-27 08:51:13 · answer #8 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but only twice
2006-12-27 08:41:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, especially if it's all bible quotes or obviously cut and paste from a website they found.
2006-12-27 08:33:40 · answer #10 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋