Reputations. Do they deserve more careful thought?

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by Kris Verdeyen

All that said, I do understand that there are many learning and physical disablilities that can impede communication. However, I do not think that people who have the capability to express themselves should get a free pass to be lazy because someone else in the world has a disability.

I agree with you that everyone should strive for their fullest potential, and that lazyness is not something to be nurtured

but how many quiet, shy or disabled people are you willing to risk offending, or scaring off from posting here, buy creating the impression that CD is a hostile and uppidy place, just to rebuke the occassional sloppy poster?

do you do this in person? if someone is speaking to you do you stop and correct their grammer or syntax? or insist they do not use slang in your presence?

if Steven Hawkins called you on the phone, without his speech synthesizer, would you listen to him for a minute and they go "hey man, Nmm Mnnn Hmm gbym Nmmmm mum mum! I can understand a word your saying - announciate dude, AYE NUN SEE ATE!"

?! :^)

Im not trying to pick on you here, Im pushing for a kinder, gentler CD - where people can post their thoughts and ideas, without someone examining their english with a spell checker and syntax compiler. The gracious part of GP is to expect people will make mistakes from time to time, and to let them go without shining a spotlite on them.