[X4U] Tolerance (was Spotlight and Address Book- Strange Behavior)

[Richard Gilmore]

Yes please


On 26/6/06 3:03 PM, "kobayb at juno.com" <kobayb at juno.com> wrote:

> Ladies and Gentlemen, offlist please. Thanks.
> 
> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:22:00 -0700 Ronald Steinke <ronsteinke at mac.com>
> writes:
>> On 26 June, 2006, at 5:12:24, alexandre wrote:
>> 
>>>  have you ever heard of the concept of "english as a foreign
>>> language" where spelling mistakes are NOT due to laziness or lack
>> 
>>> of instruction (at least not in the sense in which you mean it
)?
>> 
>> I beg your pardon, but, when you speak in a language that is not
>> your  
>> native tongue do you try to use proper pronunciation? When you write
>>  
>> in another language, do you also try to use the proper spelling and
>> 
>> punctuation? If you fail to try speaking and writing correctly,
>> aren't you just being disrespectful to the people you are
>> communicating with?
>> 
>> When I speak Spanish or German, which are not my native languages, I
>>  
>> try my best to use the PROPER words and conjugations to make sure
>> that the people I am speaking to do not misunderstand what I am
>> saying. When I write in Spanish or German, I try my best to do the
>> 
>> same. Where is there any difference in my expecting others to make
>> 
>> that same effort to communicate properly with me and other people
>> who  
>> speak my native language?
>> 
>> No, I do not like ignorance or laziness and do not believe that it
>> is  
>> proper for others to have to accept those behaviors either. It is
>> another symptom of our society's degeneration of manners and
>> consideration when people have to accept disrespect because of poor
>> 
>> excuses like yours.
>> 
>> Your response reminds me of the noise problem currently in vogue in
>> 
>> California. If you have a stereo in your car, you have to play it so
>>  
>> loud that you cannot hear the siren of an emergency vehicle behind
>> 
>> you. You also have to install additional speakers and play your
>> noise  so loud that it disturbs other motorists nearby. It has to be
>>  
>> so loud that the sonic vibrations can be felt at least 50 feet
>> away.
>> 
>> This behavior makes you "Cool" because it shows that you are only
>> thinking of yourself and to hell with the rest of the world because
>> 
>> you want to do what you want to do. If anyone tries to tell you that
>>  
>> you are making too much noise, you just "flip them off" and continue
>>  
>> your disrespectful behavior.
>> 
>> Thank you for perpetrating disrespect, ignorance, and laziness.
>> 
>> End of rant. My apologies to the rest of the list for going so far
>> 
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