'little Hitlers'. Maybe you should follow your own advice and say nothing at all. Later, Bloodwych PS> Hope your in the front line. On Mon, 19 Aug 1996 20:05:32 -0500 (CDT) Alex <fletcher@cspo.queensu.ca> writes: >On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Argus wrote: >> You people all make me sick. ACK! PUKE! Some of the people on this > >> mailing list don't know English as a primary language and you are >> assuming the person who originally posted this message know english >> as the rest of you children. >Ok. Since you have ever so casually grouped me into this group of >people, I will point out the fact that I asked nicely for him to use >'anyways' instead of 'neways' and suchnot. This albeit is proper >English and as such I should be shot I guess. Anyways, my point in >saying this is that if people use 'warez' speak, they are *never* >going to be able to spell in English, and it is a point of note that >the Internet runs on English in general, mostly because it is the >most predominant language in the world (Chinese aside). I'm not >assuming that he will be able to have perfect sentence structure, >hell, I don't, you don't, nobody I personally know does in fact. > >I also didn't degrade him for it, I merely suggested that the use of >actual words as compared to 'warez'-speak would be much easier for >people on the list to understand and so forth. And it is true that >most people have difficulty reading mail full of 'u' and 'neways' >and so forth. > >I certainly don't appreciate being called a Hitler either since I >fell that in no way am I anywhere similar to him (hell, I can't even >paint which he could do quite well (= ), so in future I would suggest >you >be a little more careful in how you phrase things. > >If people want to post in another language on the list, by all means, >they can go ahead, but it is suggested that they post in English >merely >because they are more likely to be understood. > >> And on behalf of the American population, which I served so proudly >> in our Armed Forces to keep the rights of those we serve, I >> appologise for some of the ignorance. >The last time the US Armed Forces have has to 'defend their country's >rights' was in the War of Independance. Some 200+ years ago if I >recall correctly. This isn't an all american list. In fact, close >to 50% of the members on the list aren't even Americans. > >> Didn't your parents teach you, "If you can't say anythnig nice, >don't >> say anything at all?" and if Ignorance is bliss, you must be in >> heaven. >Yes, parents do say that, but Ignorance may be bliss, but if someone >isn't understood, and if their mail is deleted because of the >excessive >use of corrupted english terms, then they should be told why they >aren't >getting many responses. I tried to do that. It appears that in >trying >to help someone out (which I cc'd to the list intentionally so that >anyone >else who uses those terms might know as well), I became a Hitler. >Well >so be it. I'm Hitler. Big Fucking Deal. Hitler! Hitler! Hitler! > >That's all I'm saying on this subject now since I've said what needed >to >be said and then defended myself from an accusation of Racism, >Languagism, >and so forth. > >Thank you, have a nice day. > >-- >Erm... Yeah. Whatever. > >+-----------------------------------------------------------+ >| Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | >| http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | >+-----------------------------------------------------------+ > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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