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

[kobayb at juno.com]

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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