[oclug] Courtesy

[Dave Edwards]

On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Computer Books For Less wrote:
>    Only because so many have posted on this am I going to go down this 
>    road.  But there are those for various reason for whom grammar and spelling 
>    are a very difficult thing.  Yes I do use a spell checker, but they only 
>    provide basic protection from real errors.  There are many errors that 
>    programs like ispell can not check for.  And yes I do re-read my post 
>    numerous times before I hit the proverbial send button.  This does not stop 
>    me from sending out some seriously demented emails.
>    
>    We don't not know what issues oclug members face when pounding on the ole 
>    keyboard, so let us not be too Fascist with our grammar policing. :-)

I understand your point, Bruce, and my post only suggested that everyone
show the courtesy of, as you say, doing their best, eyeballing their
messages before sending them, and some basic--ahem--standards compliance. 
Besides, it's usually easy to tell the difference between someone
struggling to do their best, and laziness.

I would also say that we should all stop throwing around terms like
*Fascism* so lightly.  The real thing is too menacing to be trivialized
like this.

Dave.
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