> People quote other sources sometimes. That's entirely OK. It's OK in the context of doing that to support a larger discussion they're participating in. It's

> People quote other sources sometimes. That's entirely OK. It's OK in the context of doing that to support a larger discussion they're participating in. It's not OK if the quote is the entirety of the response. > you are more than likely to lose the person entirely from the conversation anyway. Perhaps, but they weren't really participating in the discussion anyway.