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**viagsjicguara** · 07-13-2006, 06:46 AM

Thank you Siverfox for bringing up that point.

I have considered it several times especially whenever I discovered that I didn't intend to write a long post.

There are a couple of practical difficulties. One is we are discussing nuances. They need explanation. And those need words. It is easier to write a long piece than it is to write a short one when one has a lot to say.

One way to cirumvent this is to be specific about what point in whose posting one chooses to address. I have tried to do that but my posts are not as short as I would like them.

Reader's Digest writes articles for a living. They pay people to edit and summarize. We are in the midst of our daily grind and try to do what we can.

I think I managed a fairly short one this time.

Dear friends:

I am sure you all know what "Reader's Digest" does. It takes a very long story, article or what have you and condense it so that readers dont have to spend enormous amount of time trying to figure out what is what.
In this day and age where we are so busy with our lives doing simultaneous multi-tasking (to put it mildly), would it not be better if discourses could be abridged and presented so that people like me can just read it and get the idea?
Perhaps I am foolish and am trying to present a simplistic suggestion!!

07-13-2006, 06:46 AM	#25
viagsjicguara Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 458 Senior Member	Thank you Siverfox for bringing up that point. I have considered it several times especially whenever I discovered that I didn't intend to write a long post. There are a couple of practical difficulties. One is we are discussing nuances. They need explanation. And those need words. It is easier to write a long piece than it is to write a short one when one has a lot to say. One way to cirumvent this is to be specific about what point in whose posting one chooses to address. I have tried to do that but my posts are not as short as I would like them. Reader's Digest writes articles for a living. They pay people to edit and summarize. We are in the midst of our daily grind and try to do what we can. I think I managed a fairly short one this time. Dear friends: I am sure you all know what "Reader's Digest" does. It takes a very long story, article or what have you and condense it so that readers dont have to spend enormous amount of time trying to figure out what is what. In this day and age where we are so busy with our lives doing simultaneous multi-tasking (to put it mildly), would it not be better if discourses could be abridged and presented so that people like me can just read it and get the idea? Perhaps I am foolish and am trying to present a simplistic suggestion!!
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