Re: Otherwise stupid thread (was: "Off-topic correction")

[sjensen@cello.gina.calstate.edu (Steve Jensen)]

Jeanne Chappell (momkat@primenet.com) wrote:
: >What I propose, is that we think before we post. I personally don't give a
: >damn about spelling errors, mistakes and a large signature every now and then.
: >I don't care if a message is off-topic, as long as it's only every now and
: >then. I don't give a darn about who is visiting this place and who is not,

: Posters should be corrected when they make mistakes 'against the rules of the net'
:     (unwritten rules but rules set on the Internet to govern itself)
: Misspelling of words and Grammar errors are NOT 'against the rules'.  A sig over 4 
: lines IS 'against the rules'.  Folks will do and say things on the Internet (where 
: they can 'hide' behind a computer monitor and not be seen) that they would never say 
: to a person face-to-face.  We should conduct ourselves and answer post in the same 
: manner as if we were standing face-to-face with these people.  'Most of us' would 
: never correct a persons grammatical errors when talking to them in person.

:    Jeanne
:  
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Jeanne-
Are you happy with the formatting of your followup above?  I think if
you tried it again using a more readable and socially acceptable
format you would feel very good about what you have learned and all
of us on comp.sys.apple2 would be so proud of you.

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