[plug] [OT] CommIT Day 2, summary

[Chris Caston]

On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 18:37, Senectus . wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:08:36 +0800, James Devenish
> <devenish at guild.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> > In message <414D5970.9050207 at jensz.id.au>
> > on Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 06:03:28PM +0800, Ben Jensz wrote:
> > > Do we have to have the grammar/spelling police come out everytime
> > > someone doesn't type perfect english James?
> > 
> > If you think 1-in-50 is "everytime", then I suppose so.
> > 
> > > Seriously... nit-picking posts should be taken either off-list or to
> > > the off-topic mailing list.
> > 
> > Well, you didn't take your posting off-list and yours was pure
> > nit-pick (you contributed nothing to the matters discussed,
> > whereas I provided a link to the product for Linux).
> 
> I really don't want to turn this into another flame war.. but it
> really is very anti-social to post such corrections to the entire
> list.
> I'm old enough to not give a damn when someone is rude to me in
> public, but others who are new to the list might find it very
> uncomfortable.
> 
> Take it off list. You'll probably find it a lot more effective.

The problem is that I'm almost afraid to write anything lest I am
humiliated and made to look weak of mind due my communication flaws.

Kind of like getting punched or "slagged" on in high school if you say 
something that the general mob don't agree with. You quickly learn to not say anything at all.

regards,
 
-- 
Chris Caston

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