Re: BANANAFISH digest 869
Akane574@cs.com
Sun, 21 Nov 1999 15:14:43 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 11/21/99 12:11:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,
SYDSHOCAFE@aol.com writes:
> > This list is not here for you to change, it's here for you to contribute.
> > If your contributions are going to be telling us how immature and
"stupid"
> > we are/can be, then you won't be a great asset.
>
> i don't know what you are talking about. i'm not here to try to change
> anything. i really don't care how you type. you act as if i want
everyone
> else to stop using capital letters. i just feel that if i am going to
take
> the time to type a response i should be given the credit due to anyone
else
> who responds, no matter if i use capital letters or not. all i wanted to
do
>
> was contribute to the list, nothing more.
>
> > Let us not pass judgement before we've been here a bit and actually
> learned
> > something about the people around here. I could call you a brat, but it
> > wouldn't be fair.
>
> oh, i'm the one who could be called a brat? hmmm, just doesn't seem right
> to
> me. see, i was just wanting to start a conversation about "a perfect day
> for
> bananafish" and i was told that my post wasn't really worthy of reading
> because i used all lowercase letters.
>
> >Why would someone get upset? WHY? Because all of you should know better
> >than to say something as precocious (yes, precocious) as "use correct
> >grammar."
> >Then, to make assumptions about someone's character... It's absurd, and we
> >all know
> >there are no big changes between ten and eighty.
> > -jared
>
> my sentiments exactly.
>
norw i agree that it doesn't matter whether i use capitals or not, but why
can't we just drop this? it's getting ridiculous...we just need to respect
each other and our ideas regardless of typing style and be done with it.
please?
-Lauren-