[Arkle]

I don't think this is severe enough. People who make spelling mistakes should be publicly lashed. Misuse of the apostrophe should be punishable by death, on a "three strikes and you're out" basis.

[Ron C.]

Ahhh... think we should enforce those rules here??

[wafflehouse]

not to discriminate against grammatically challenged people or anything,
but this is a good idea. if it is your job to write, you should at least
be able to spell and use punctuation.
is that so much to ask?

[xm177e2]

Le Temps plans to fine journalists nearly three dollars for each mistake - whether it is an incorrectly spelled place name, a badly constructed sentence or missing punctuation.

So who still says Switzerland is a free country?

</kidding> Actually, this is an example of how free Switzerland is. If an American newspaper tried something like this, the employees would sue it or something... allege "civil rights" violations...

[Fraulein]

What happened to editors?