If you look behind the scenes of the excellent John C Dvorak Uncensored blog, you will see a very clear resumé of the blog phenomenon ie The criteria for formatting, linking, the ethos, the whys and wherefores. Therefore, why does such a guru not get the reason for the confusion over his blockquotes? Try putting a decent size quote mark at the beginning and end of quotations - per your resumé of the blog phenomenon?

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