Chronocide wrote in message
<19990524113039.23711.00004496 at ng-ci1.aol.com>...
>>You know I've learnt something very intresting from posting a question
here.
>>And that is that if you ask someone who is an "expert" in a field
something,
>>then they will insult and patronise you for the small and unimportnat
>>points, because "they are clever".
>>I'm not just talking about the guy below but most of the posts here really
>>are even bording on friendly.
>>Right, guys, I'm not a "neuroscientest", a university professor or guess
>>what? I don't even have letters after my name, or have a degree. But
that's
>>alright, you've proved all that matters - sad because I had expected
>>better...
>>>> Okay, first of all we knew you were uneducated by your inability to
>demonstrate even basic spelling and grammar. Don't use poor typing skills
as
>an excuse. Most news server software is equipped with spell-checkers, and
if
>not, it isn't hard to use a third-party application such as MS Word and
simply
>C&P (cut and paste).
I am not uneducated. I just don't have a degree. I passed all of my exams,
thank you very much. And while I appreciate that maybe you were trying to be
helpful I do not appreciate being talked down to, by anyone. I find it
offensive the treatment I have recieved here, when you do not even know who
I am. If it is so painful and difficult for anyone to cope with my spelling
or grammar (intrestingly there are spelling mistakes in some of the replies
to my posts) then good grief, why do you feel the need to reply at all?
Could someone tell me that? Or do you just enjoy flaming people for the
slightest thing? I'm not a school now, I left it some years ago, fully
qualified. This is not a formal situation, I
asked a question of people who I thought might actually know the answers
(how wrong I was). You are not my teachers or whatever. Do not take your
atitude to me! Why asking a simple question causes all this animosity, I
begin to wonder if any of you have anything better to do with your time than
bully others.
> Secondly, if you are unwilling to make this small effort, why should
someone
>else put in any more effort to give a thorough answer to your question?
>> I will, in spite of all this, back you in some small way. I am by no
means a
>regular in this group yet, however I do believe I have some worthwhile
advice
>to offer. Firstly, there should be a FAQ for this newsgroup that deals
with at
>least these common questions/misconceptions, and, if you're really feeling
>frisky, a section dedicated to proper newsgroup etiquette. Then, should
>someone post a question in the FAQ, you can criticize them for not reading
it.
>Otherwise, it is more than a little unfair to flame someone for a simple
urban
>legend; most people aren't aware enough of urban legends or of neuroscience
to
>know better, and a sad number are barely educated enough to even
second-guess
>such a story.
>>>Btw, you're using a mail alias which bounces. Since you're not telling
>>this in your .sig, this is quite rude by Usenet lights. Please correct
>>that asap.
>> By the way, a slight peeve of mine, if you're knowledgable enough to
>comprehend why this is happening (and especially Usenet customs), it
doesn't
>take a neuroscientist to figure out how to correct it.
>>>This has been another off-color presentation by
>-Steve Christ