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muriel_volestrangler

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21. No, I haven't the faintest idea what you mean. The only parentheses in the OP or article
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 08:44 PM
Jan 2015

are around 'AP' in the credit for Associated Press. You're objecting to that now?

How was anyone meant to know that when you type 'italics', you mean "Parenthesis, quote marks, chopped off sentences, context"? Since you genuinely don't seem to know what the word means, try this:

In typography, italic type is a cursive font based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. Owing to the influence from calligraphy, such fonts normally slant slightly to the right. Italics are a way to emphasise key points in a printed text, or when quoting a speaker a way to show which words they stressed. One manual of English usage described italics as "the print equivalent of underlining".[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_type


As for the rest of your whine:

"quote marks" - these are used to indicate what the pope said, such as 'like rabbits'. Are you objecting to people quoting the pope, the way that Muslim extremists object to people drawing Muhammad?

"chopped off sentences" - which sentences do you think are 'chopped off'?

"context" - what about it? The only problem I've see with context in this thread is trying to work out the context of your complaints. When you use a word like 'italics' when you don't know what it means, you make it very difficult for anyone to create any context for your posts at all.

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Seems like the Pope can't reconcile... MellowDem Jan 2015 #1
It will be interesting to see how he resolves his cognitive dissonance. Jackpine Radical Jan 2015 #5
wtf? dont let outsiders boss you AND elehhhhna Jan 2015 #14
Your Holiness, they won't have to if you fellows at the top of the ziggurat rethink your calimary Jan 2015 #2
Most of my Catholic 840high Jan 2015 #6
and it is still condemned rurallib Jan 2015 #9
American Catholics and Christians of other denominations The Green Manalishi Jan 2015 #12
No offense taken. I remember similar stuff in Catholic school, and during homily time in church. calimary Jan 2015 #33
Catholic from the waist up Marthe48 Jan 2015 #13
I have to remember this. True for me. 840high Jan 2015 #31
It is a wonderful comment Marthe48 Jan 2015 #36
Uh, Francis, Ilsa Jan 2015 #3
I think using hacked off sentences in italics is poor journalism, a calling card of propaganda. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #4
Did you post in the wrong thread? muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #8
Reporting "shit the pope said" is bad journalism. Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #10
Not at the link, uh, it is a cut and paste from the link....so.....?? Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #11
No italics in the OP either, and it hasn't been edited muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #16
You know what I mean. Parenthesis, quote marks, chopped off sentences, context, does that help? Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #18
Anything to derail the conversation away from the matter at hand... blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #19
I agree, complaining about non-existent italics was an attempt to derail the conversation muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #25
No, I haven't the faintest idea what you mean. The only parentheses in the OP or article muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #21
The italics reference confused you? Because " hacked off sentences" was not clear enough? Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #22
You still haven't said what you think was 'hacked off' muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #24
I see he 'quit while he was behind,' LOL! freshwest Jan 2015 #34
I think derailing a thread is a calling card of the petulant. LanternWaste Jan 2015 #35
The obvious punch line here is "the fuck they don't". Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #7
Condoms, which are forbidden birth control also work to prevent disease transmission. Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #15
But he says that aid groups saying healthcare workers must be allwoed to distribute condoms is muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #23
Exactly. Dying by the millions from preventable disease for a dogma. Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #29
Well, that's a crying shame Demeter Jan 2015 #17
Does your holy book say anything about protecting child didlers, dear pope??? blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #20
Wait, aren't those places only Catholic because they were "ideologically colonized" LeftyMom Jan 2015 #26
Who is this guy? The Anti-christ? Baclava Jan 2015 #27
How much stock can a couple place in the words of a presumably celibate priest who has no JDPriestly Jan 2015 #28
it isn't just ridiculous - it is disgusting insanity Skittles Jan 2015 #32
He must have seen a photo of the Duggars. n/t LibDemAlways Jan 2015 #30
Reminds me of a joke: "What do you call a woman who uses rhythm for family planning?" FSogol Jan 2015 #37
an oldie but still true: "what do you call catholics who use the rhythm method?" answer: "parents niyad Jan 2015 #38
hey, frankie, what is your stand on FGM? is opposition to those horrendous, woman-hating niyad Jan 2015 #39
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