<<In a message dated 12/27/2008 9:11:50 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, snowspinner@gmail.com writes:
In the article [[Person A]], Person B's article is a secondary source, and can be summarized freely. But because a primary source cannot be used for claims that are not easily verified by non-specialist readers, Person A's response, which is a primary source for [[Person A]], cannot be used the same way to respond.>>
If this seems what we intended, than all I can say is, it wasn't. Involved hypothetical discussions are hard for me to follow without specific examples. In your example
A: blah blah blah god is dead etc
B: You're full of it
A: No I'm not
All of that is primary source material. Your opinion about a source is a primary source. A secondary source isn't merely an opinion piece about a primary source. That is, creating an opinion article, doesn't mean you are now creating a secondary source.
Opinion pieces are all primary material.
Will Johnson
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