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goini04
at Tue Aug 23 22:20:30 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by goini04 ]
Mr. Carmichael,
I agree that most people should be able to construct a proper sentence and be able spell correctly in most instances. However, just as nobody in here knows one another as far as mentality, physical capabilities, education, etc. you dont necessarily know their background either.
I know of a couple of younger individuals that are not of this country that had posted on this forum (about a year or so ago) because they were truly interested in this hobby. In fact they had posted in a couple of different forums. While I could understand them, they spoke broken english at best. Being that they could barely speak it, how well do you expect them to write/type it? Are you saying that if a person can't spell or write a PERFECT sentence, that they shoudnt be allowed to have an interest?
I may not know how to properly spell (nor what it means)- supercalifragalisticexpeouladicious (sp?) but I know what venom can do and I know what delivers it, and I personally think that is a good start (of course not saying that I am ready for hots yet).
I think the main thing that made me attack the whole spelling/grammatical deal was an individual that used to post on this site. I dont remember his name but if I remember correctly he was a school teacher and went by the tag-line, "The mouse in the house". There was a young kid that was in here asking some questions about handling tools and misspelled a good number of them (although you could understand what tools he was referring to). The individual had corrected him on his spelling, scolded him about coming into this forum without knowing proper spelling of the tools, then made the comment, "Good ol' public education". That last comment really struck a nerve and if I had been able to reach through the monitor and choke the life out of him I would have. In my opinion there is simply no excuse for that kind of rudeness, and if he felt so strongly about private schools, perhaps he should cough up the money to change that for the kid.
My apologies for the ongoing rant. Mr. Carmichael you know that I have nothing but the highest respect for you and your facility and I dont mean to be offensive or sound like I am attacking you in any way. It is simply my opinion that providing a level of respect to those that do not have quite as high of an education as yourself, can go a long way to that person.
Best wishes to all- once again, my apologies for the rant.
Chris
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- me again - amayon, Mon Aug 22 18:24:39 2005
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Mr. Carmichael.... - goini04, Tue Aug 23 22:20:30 2005