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
}