Re: [tlug] No quoted text considered inadequate

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Josh wrote:

> If no context is needed, don't even quote.

If one is starting a new thread, 
then there is no context to refer to, so don't quote. 

If one is replying, (except for hijacking a thread), 
I'm hard pressed to find a good example of when it is 
appropriate to quote nothing. I have had too many single 
word replies come back for which I did _not_ know the 
context without having to consult the thread. One should not 
have to consult earlier posts of a thread to understand a letter. 
If one is replying, then quoting _something_ is appropriate. 

   http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2000/06/14/quoting.html#1.1

Considering how well Gmail follows complex threads, 
quoting _something_ becomes even more necessary. 

Jim