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2. Interesting you use the phrase chery pick when the first four paragraphs are posted.

Reply to MarkCharles (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 01:56 PM

Dec 2011

Cherry picking is sifting through the article to find four paragraphs to feed an agenda while avoiding copyright infringement.

Did you miss this posted excerpt: "an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally accessible to those with faith and those without; a secular ethics."

I hear no screaming outside of what's going on is inside your head.

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Book review: 'Beyond Religion' by the Dalai Lama [View all] rug Dec 2011 OP

Interesting that the OP would cherry-pick the parts of.. MarkCharles Dec 2011 #1

Interesting you use the phrase chery pick when the first four paragraphs are posted. rug Dec 2011 #2

Cherry Picking, Defined. MarkCharles Dec 2011 #3

Now apply it. rug Dec 2011 #4

I believe "cherry picking" is the phrase of the week fo the CM. Leontius Dec 2011 #8

MC, tama Dec 2011 #5

Do I ever love reading your posts. GliderGuider Dec 2011 #6

And lingonberry jam tama Dec 2011 #11

Mmm...lingonberries are great. laconicsax Dec 2011 #13

Quoting the first four graphs of a piece in order, in their entirety, is not "cherry-picking". GliderGuider Dec 2011 #7

Sounds good, looking forward to reading it. MH1 Dec 2011 #9

I'll be there. rug Dec 2011 #10

The Dalai Lama has a certain way with words. ellisonz Dec 2011 #12