Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but allow me to offer another opinion:

I have a very old computer, and many links simply do not open properly for me, or cause my computer to freeze up. I notice this is a particular problem with any article from the Huffington Post, but there are other culprits, as well.

I am a member of another discussion group which, for reasons of administrative policy, decided to stop allowing quoted articles in members' posts and insist on links-only. Needless to say, it's now almost impossible for me to view those articles.

I see no problem with quoting articles of reasonable length verbatim. Never have. Never knew there was a problem until now. Of course, it remains to be decided just what constitutes "reasonable" length.

Signor V.

"For me, there's only my wife..."

"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"

"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."