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

[irsman@winternet.com (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <C071096195723.5950@darkcastle.ecore.fnet.org>,
Dark_Dude <Dark_Dude@darkcastle.ecore.fnet.org> wrote:

>Why do they do that? Because most people are afraid to post a message. Afraid
>that someone will trap them on their fingers when they make a mistake (you see
>new-posters editing their posts all the time, to make sure there are as few as
>possible errors in it). They just don't dare to cross the border.

This is good, because it benefits everyone including those posters when they
post things as correct, readable, and thoughtful as possible.  It makes them
look more professional, and it encourages unfettered discussion.

>And I am NOT blaming anyone for doing this, but from what I know and from what
>I have learned on my own BBS, is THAT WE SHOULD NOT BLAME OR FLAME PEOPLE!

Let's get real here, shall we?  You're obviously writing this because you
wish to dump on Nathan for being a "bad man" and hurting the feelings of
the Apple II "community" (such as it is).  But of course, admission of such
would make you a "bad man" also via your own definition, and therein lies the
road to hypocrisy.

>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,

Look.  I've said it before, I'll say it again.  USENET has standards.  It
has them for a good reason - bad spelling or grammar, bad quoting style 
(attn: A. Goertz), long .signatures (Tigh Buckles), and other maladies serve
only to promote miscommunication.  And miscommunication on a communications
network is something of a disaster, don't you think?

>but I give a THING about those who DO visit this place. And we should be a
>good community, be the Apple II community, be friendly to each other!

You seem to be laboring under the misconception that Nathan's corrections
are personal attacks.  Only in the case of people (Goertz again) who have
refused to clean up their act have things become somewhat personal.  Just
because Nathan has high standards both for himself and those around him
does not make him bad, despite what modern socialist dogma would love you
to believe.  Sure, this may cause people's feelings to get hurt.  I have
news for these people: it's a computer network.  If you have deep 
emotional changes caused by USENET, maybe you need to get out more.

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