"This business of not being allowed to quote the contents of posts creates a lot of confusion, I know, but there isn't anything I can do about it."

I very often include a brief quote from a previous post so as to clarify whatever the hell it is that I'm trying to talk about. (See previous paragraph.)

I had not realized that this common-sense precedure was against any rules, and I'm still not sure that it really is proscribed. I do know, for sure, that I have not been censured for doing so, and I do this on a daily basis.

Please don't hestiate to copy-and-paste a brief reference to whatever argument you wish to refute, or to any discussion you wish to continue. Makes things easier for all of us trying to read through this stuff.