I want to make a note on this list regarding a recent thread that appeared
to be bashing some members for not taking "due diligence" in composing
messages.
First, let me confess to the fact that I seem to recall having composed a
message chastising folks for careless punctuation -- if any punctuation at
all. And that on the surface, that post may have seemed inconsiderate,
non-supportive and lacking in compassion. But, also allow me to clearly
state that the post was far more a result of frustration and impatience than
a lack of compassion and support.
This entire issue has everything to do with the fact that many of us must
listen to the posts than anybody suffering from "school marmosis." And when
listening to questionably composed messages the screen readers get really
annoying. When I could see to read e-mail messages, I could not have cared
less how well grammar was adhered to in those messages. But now that I must
listen to the messages, it becomes so very mind-boggling to try to
understand so constructed messages.
I'm not going to call anybody lazy or uneducated or disrespectful, but I
will say that I do find listening to poorly composed messages a terribly
frustrating chore.
Now, please note that I said "listening to . . . messages" (there's an
ellipses embedded within that quoted phrase) can be terribly frustrating and
not that the people who send them are such. There's a huge difference in
that distinction and please be mindful that most of us are not picking on
anybody; we're just frustrated. And that often is because we all know
someone is reaching out for help and we're having difficulty receiving that
plea for help. So folks, please don't be leaving the list because you think
you're being picked on, that is most likely just not the case. From what
I've seen of this list, there is a whole lot of good will here and a desire
to help each other so do not "throw the baby out with the bath water."
May the Great Creator Bless You All!
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Holland's Boy, Bill
- "Things are more like they are now than they have ever been."
- President Gerald R. Ford (1913 - 2006)
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