Well, when presenting complex arguments to a generally highly-educated audience, I think it really dilutes one's credibility if said post is rife with misspellings and, even worse, poor grammatical constructions and improper word choices (for example, "to" instead of "too" or "fair" instead of "fare".

An isolated mistake is one thing, but when I can point out five or six in just a couple paragraphs, I tend to discount that person's opinion altogether.
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

Breeder of:
Green Tree Pythons
Jungle Carpet Pythons
Pastel, Pinstripe, FIRE, Piebald, Clown, Lavender Albino, Leucistic, and Spider Ball Pythons
Striped Colombian Boa Constrictors
Kenyan, Rufescens, and Conicus Sand Boas
Red Phase Western Hognose Snakes
Spider Western Hognose Snakes
Albino Western Hognose Snakes
Locality Trans-Pecos Mexican Hognose Snakes
Southern Hognose Snakes
Eastern Hognose Snakes
Tricolor Hognose Snakes
Hypo Checkered Garter Snakes
Eastern Blackneck Garter Snakes
Stillwater Hypo Bullsnakes
Patternless Bullsnakes
S. GA Eastern Kingsnakes
Locality Desert Kingsnakes
Albino Desert Kingsnakes
Hypo Desert Kingsnakes
Mexican Black Kingsnakes
Desert Phase, Striped Desert, Newport, and Coastal California Kingsnakes
Locality Mexican Milksnakes
Spotted Mexican Milksnakes
Tangerine Mexican Milksnakes
Locality Alterna
Abbott Okeetee Cornsnakes
Mexican Baird's Ratsnakes
Cape Housesnakes
Tangerine Albino African Fat -Tailed Geckos
Locality Spotted Turtles

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• PBS's "Invasion of Pythons" - BuzzardBall, Sun Feb 28 09:19:22 2010
• RE: PBS's "Invasion of Pythons" - PHLdyPayne, Sun Feb 28 11:42:24 2010
• On the contrary- - brhaco, Sun Feb 28 12:31:32 2010
• RE: On the contrary- - BuzzardBall, Sun Feb 28 12:55:48 2010
• RE: On the contrary- - brhaco, Sun Feb 28 13:43:56 2010
• RE: On the contrary- - BuzzardBall, Sun Feb 28 17:52:46 2010
• RE: On the contrary- - PHLdyPayne, Mon Mar 1 17:04:50 2010
• It was actually very good and beneficial - dustyrhoads, Sun Feb 28 18:01:27 2010
• RE: Biased and missed the Point - AndrewPotts, Sun Feb 28 19:04:36 2010
• RE: Biased and missed the Point - dustyrhoads, Mon Mar 1 01:09:22 2010
• RE: Biased and missed the Point - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Mon Mar 1 07:03:45 2010
• RE: Biased and missed the Point - dustyrhoads, Mon Mar 1 10:35:05 2010
• RE: Biased and missed the Point - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Mon Mar 1 12:47:55 2010
• RE: Biased and missed the Point - dustyrhoads, Mon Mar 1 13:32:14 2010
• RE: Biased and missed the Point - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Mon Mar 1 16:14:57 2010
• RE: Biased and missed the Point - AndrewPotts, Mon Mar 1 22:16:15 2010
• RE: What about the Ripple effect..? - AndrewPotts, Sun Feb 28 19:21:37 2010
• RE: It was actually very good and beneficial - BuzzardBall, Sun Feb 28 20:36:00 2010
• RE: It was actually very good and beneficial - dustyrhoads, Mon Mar 1 00:29:50 2010
• RE: It was actually very good and beneficial - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Sun Feb 28 21:15:12 2010
• Bottom Line - brhaco, Mon Mar 1 08:10:24 2010
• RE: It was actually very good and beneficial - WSTREPS, Tue Mar 2 02:42:22 2010
• RE: It was actually very good and beneficial - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Tue Mar 2 06:11:49 2010
• Agree, Tom-one other suggestion, Ernie - brhaco, Tue Mar 2 07:34:00 2010
• RE: Agree, Tom-one other suggestion, Ernie - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Tue Mar 2 07:38:05 2010
• RE: Agree, Tom-one other suggestion, Ern - brhaco, Tue Mar 2 08:12:25 2010
• RE: Agree, Tom-one other suggestion, Ern - WSTREPS, Tue Mar 2 09:19:53 2010
• RE: Agree, Tom-one other suggestion, Ern - dustyrhoads, Tue Mar 2 11:16:45 2010
• RE: Agree, Tom-one other suggestion, Ern - BRhaco, Tue Mar 2 11:46:52 2010
• RE: Agree, Tom-one other suggestion, Ern - WSTREPS, Tue Mar 2 13:21:43 2010
• RE: Agree, Tom-one other suggestion, Ern - BRhaco, Tue Mar 2 14:41:52 2010
• RE: Agree, Tom-one other suggestion, Ern - BRhaco, Tue Mar 2 14:54:29 2010
• RE: Agree, Tom-one other suggestion, Ern - WSTREPS, Tue Mar 2 15:33:07 2010
• RE: Agree, Tom-one other suggestion, Ern - brhaco, Tue Mar 2 16:25:17 2010
• RE: Agree, Tom-one other suggestion, Ern - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Tue Mar 2 16:25:27 2010
• RE: It was actually very good and beneficial - dustyrhoads, Tue Mar 2 14:07:21 2010
• RE: It was actually very good and beneficial - WSTREPS, Tue Mar 2 16:31:12 2010