About those disabled . . .

I hang out on an ADA-Law (Americans with Disabilities
Act) list when I'm not at this address.  I do so,
these days, largely for an advocacy role as I
anticipate which branch of "goody two shoes" I want to
land in permanently within the next year (I'm planning
to go into full-time grant writing, and am choosing to
which of my passions I should direct my attention).

While many of the disabled are cognizant of the
software, you must understand that employment is a BIG
issue for the disability community, and the ADA itself
has been under rather severe attack (blessedly foiled,
in large measure, to date).

Have you actually priced the software?  I did, having
advocated that my dear old dad, who has just come into
the 20th century in time for the 21st, look into it
because he can't type for diddly, and that's his
aversion to email.

The aforesaid software (or any that is of merit) is
generally in the plus $200 category.  If you're
compelled to be on SSDI and limited to how many hours
you can work, or if you're having trouble
getting/keeping a job because of the abject
discrimination attendant to the disability situation,
buying such pricey software may well be out of the
realm of probabilities.  The community that most needs
the software can probably least afford it.

Now, though my post may jolly well look like it, I
used to be a damned fine, anal-retentive proofreader
and editor for many a year.  Clearly, I understand the
value of a comma, a period, or an exclamation mark.  I
can tell you where to capitalize anything (except in a
budget sometimes, LOL), and I can readily identify
proper sentence structure.  I make no attestations
you'll find any of that in any of this.

However, with that said, the internet community will
most probably roll you over and kick you aside if you
try to superimpose the "other business values" into
the world of the Net.

The email world is intended (as I understand it from
those who were here before I arrived in the land of
dot coms)to be a more informal medium.  Generally
speaking, it is the land of speak your mind, but don't
take three days and five editors to do it.

If folks are having trouble with someone else's
posting style, I rather think it's a byproduct of
their own personal foibles and not those of the
poster.

Further, I rather think it "tacky" to hold up another
members work and critique their writing style as
opposed to what it is they have to say.

If you find the message unclear and want to
understand, stop, and privately email the poster for
clarification.  If, however, you don't care enough
about what is said to ask privately, the delete key
probably works quite well.

As I continue to construct this note, I realize it
sounds a little acerbic.  Clearly, my intention is not
to slam my esteemed colleagues.  However, I just find
the dialogue a little too pretentious.  Further,
experience has taught me that the day I point the
finger at someone else's post regarding grammar or
composition is the day the cybergremlins wreak havoc
with my own words.  All of a sudden, BINGO!, there are
booboos in my own work.

Don't believe me?  Read up.  I'll bet, by the time you
get this, the gremlins will have created a real mess.

Then again, maybe it was the Leprechauns this time!

Now, if you want to kick my sacred cow, write in
page-long paragraphs.  That's the best way I know to
ensure I don't read what you write.  It's not that I
won't try, but my lack of attention keeps me from
wading through the quicksand of book-length
paragraphs.



--- Chuck Stout <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> No, you're not the only one who finds messages with
> no capitals irritating and inconvenient. Missing or
> inconsistent punctuation (i.e. contractions that
> "dont" have apostrophes, etc.) impairs the
> communication process, too. The whole idea behind
> these conventions is to make communication more
> clear, accurate, and easy to read.
>


=====
Indigo Nights
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