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Brian Capacity

Matt Jones jonesmat at ohsu.edu
Mon May 24 15:29:55 EST 1999


In article <7ic7t5$86d$1 at news5.svr.pol.co.uk> Simon Marsh,
simonmarsh at tardis99.freeserve.co.uk writes:
>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.
>

For Simon and folks like him, I'd like to offer some advice (worth
exactly what you paid for it):

1) Keep asking questions. Also, if you find relevant information via
another source, contribute back to the group by posting it here for
everyone to see. Many of us probably wouldn't mind knowing exactly where
that 0.01% statistic comes from in the first place, for example. 
2) Just ignore those who talk down to you and flame you for spelling
errors (I'm sure you've noticed that these people rarely contribute a
useful answer anyway).
3) If you're not satisfied with the responses that you get, try a
different forum. It simply isn't going to work to try to "bully" people
into being polite, responsive or civil by repeatedly posting your
objections to their flames. If you must respond to these people, please
do it by email.

And some adivice for those who flame newbies for their spelling and for
not already knowing the answer to their questions:

Knock it off. 


Matt Jones



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