rogue_librarian, you actually changed what I wrote in your quote and I'm very uncomfortable with this devaluation of what was actually written. Yours reads:
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian quoting Anthem
... and I am unable to see how a digital means of distribution will change that.
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You truncated the sentence introducing an artificial stop and removed my immensely important qualifier on the rest of the sentence. The qualification is so important that reading the sentence without it is painful because it does not say what I wish to say.
I'm new here, and I get that, but I'm going to kindly request that you do not do this in the future.
We can still be friends.
(The quote should read:
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Originally Posted by Anthem
...and I am unable to see how a digital means of distribution will change that despite being able to in theory...
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Feel free to lead in
and out with "..." as that will satisfy me just as well as a full quote most of the time. Oh, sweet fickleness!)
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
The value, both perceived and real is smaller, and the same is true for the cost of production.
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As far as your opinions are concerned I am obviously obligated to differ with you when you claim that the "perceived" value has been decreased ("smaller"). I disagree with this because I believe it to be the opposite: the electronic text is greatly to be preferred and has many advantages over the printed text that are distinctly worth paying for.
So, we are destined to disagree at the very core of our arguments: at the point of value!