You'll have to ask the original author!

All of the above (in my post) -- is a snippet, a quote, an excerpt -- from the original article...

It's sort of like if I repost the following quote to HN:

>"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

...Well, that's not me saying that(!) -- rather it's an a snippet, a quote, an excerpt -- from a larger document!

If you wish to compare that or any part of that quote to other things -- then I'm guessing (but not knowing!) that you'd probably want to consult with one or more of the original authors of that document! <g>

So you'd probably want to consult the original author -- for an answer to your question!

Finally, I would suggest and submit to you that there is a "no shooting the messenger", er, "requoter", er "reposter", er "messenger", er, "reposter" -- rule in effect!

(If you don't like the message, then don't question the messenger(!) -- he's just the delivery agent(!) -- he didn't write the message -- he just moved it from place to place! <g>)

Asking me (a much lesser individual than any of these great authors, in the grand scheme of things!) -- to give you an opinion about a quote I reposted -- sort of would lessen and dull the simplicity and greatness of the quote(!) -- when the quote is read by itself without commentary, and by itself alone!

So let me ask you a question...

What would you -- compare it to?

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I use Hacker News to share information with the community -- not criticize other users about their grammar...

And you could be more effective at sharing information if your punctuation wasn't distracting.

No one is forcing you, or anyone else, to read what I wrote and/or quoted...