I finally got annoyed enough at Snopes.com to find out why I can’t highlight anything on the site.  I use the site quite often to debunk emailed chain-letters from family and friends…

But, I can’t reliably cut & paste from the site.  All I can do is Select All & Copy…  Which typically meant alot of editting in my email application…

It’s simply a javascript application running on the web page, and that’s allow you to click unless you are over a input / form box.  So to re-enable your cut ‘n paste, just turn off Javascript temporarily…  I personally think that this is vile, and serves no obvious reason other than to make it harder to share the information….

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var omitformtags=["input", "textarea", "select"]
omitformtags=omitformtags.join("|")
function disableselect(e){
if (omitformtags.indexOf(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase())==-1)
return false
}
function reEnable(){
return true
}
if (typeof document.onselectstart!="undefined")
document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false")
else{
document.onmousedown=disableselect
document.onmouseup=reEnable
}