--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jon Gabriel wrote:
> >
> > >From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies
> > >Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:31:30 +0100
> > >
> > >
> > >It's not as bad as another list where I am 41359 behind...
> >
> > Yeah, I gave up on one list when I hit 25K unread posts.
>
> The only mail folder I have that's anywhere near approaching that sort
> of unread-ness has a number of different lists filtering into it, so I
> can console myself that I'm not *that* far behind on any individual
> list. (Not sure just how bad it is, but I got through all the posts
> from 2002 in there sometime in April, and just haven't gotten to reading
> it much since then.)
I simply pick threads that I think, from the title, might be interesting.
However, A quick check of the threads that I have posted on will show that
nearly every one is killed when someone attacks me for misspelling.
How Unfortuanate, especialy for those who started the thread in hopes to have
a real discussion instead of a flame war centered around one listmemebers
-uniqe way of processing- (or even "disability" if you like).
I am unsure how many people are actualy on this list, but given that %20 of
the population is like me, (perhaps not to my extream, but still), and even
though this list is centered around an author of fiction, an is infact and
-E-MAIL- list, I should still not be the only one.
I know that dyslexics tend to shy away from e-mail lists, and you can imagine
why. If everytime they have anything to say on a list they are confronted
with attacks on their ability to spell, then they probably would prefer to
simply stop participating.
This is also very unfortunate.
Well, sorry, I don't give up that easy. At the same time I can get a bit
testy. Can you blame me?
When I am attacked for spelling and not for content I get the impression, as
I am sure many do, that the attacker doesn't like what I have to say, but can
find no flaw, or angle for dispute. Or more likely they are unable to read
phoneticaly, and so never arive at content. Whatever the reason, it is
getting rather annoying, and I am starting to feel like an oppressed
minority, so STOP IT!
Now, would anyone like to actualy talk about the article for which this
thread is titled?
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