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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

As an author, then one should know that one writes for a specific audience 
and NEVER expects EVERYONE to either read NOR understand what they are 
writing.  They certainly don't write for "A" single person, nor should they 
be expected to *dumb down* their writing.

Since the majority of folks understood what was written and only one would 
seem to have had a problem, then perhaps, since one IS using the net, one 
should learn the "language" of the net.

One would hardly, if one was a rational adult, expect to go to Spain or 
Italy and tell folks to "speak English, please, if you wish me to" talk with 
you.

You're on the net, learn the language.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
To: <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>; <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] SSI was:. "on the dole"--Bob's emoticons


> On Nov 9, 2008, at 3:15 PM, bob ford wrote:
>
> > I'll say this again.  The smiley was winking ;  It was 'inside
> > baseball' between James and me concerning a long-term good-natured
> > argument.  All a person has to do is ask, if they think another
> > person is acting in an invalid manner, is politely ask.  There are
> > much more important issues about which to worry than Bob's
> > emoticons :-) ....bobford
>
> A few observations, Bob:
>
> I have long held that writers are responsible for writing in such a
> manner that their readers understand what they are saying.
> Responsibility for confusion rests primarily with the writer.
>
> "Inside jokes" have little place in a forum such as this. They are at
> minimum confusing and time wasting, at worst they are disrespectful.
> In all cases they disrespect the time demands of the readers.
>
> You have repeatedly pleaded your computer semi-illiteracy. I don't use
> emoticons and am emoticon illiterate. Write English, please, if you
> wish me to be one of your readers.
>
> Yes, there are many very important issues about which to worry. Which
> is why many of us have been dismayed with the recent and ongoing
> avalanche of petty crap brought up, hashed and rehashed ad nauseam. I
> personally pushed one of those hard just to expose the idiocy.
>
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