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To: kanawa

Well, I have to admit that I am not impressed with posters who appear to make no attempt to write, spell or punctuate well.

This is a political forum, not an uneducated teenage one. To be taken seriously here, some attempt will have to be made to use passable English, you know that. If there were no standards here, the conversation would soon sound like DU. It would reflect on our own intelligence to ~not~ comment on it.

I didn't just read one poster or one thread over at that forum, I browsed it for a few hours last week. Perhaps they are not all dog fighters, but they know some... they do not shun it, they think it's perfectly legitimate, and they all talk in vague code but it doesn't take long to figure it out. I really don't think I'm wrong on this.


105 posted on 04/02/2005 8:16:44 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
A good heart, honesty, a willingness to listen and not just talk will always trump polished English to me.
To assume the poster is making 'no attempt' to write well would be unfair and unkind.
The standard that distinguishes FR from DU is not based on English skills.

If we have some notions or concerns about that site,
here is an opportunity to raise them with the members of the site that are posting here.
Let's do it the FR way, using specifics, addressing the argument and avoiding ad hominems.

113 posted on 04/02/2005 9:43:19 AM PST by kanawa
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