stop the war now

[anthonydreamer.livejournal.com]

ok we are all sitting happily at our computers and soldiers and iraqis are dying by the dozens. no more war for empire. no more war for exxon. banner drops to come in davis square. stop the war and stop bush. i'm proud to be an american against war. stop doodling on your computers and start some action. stop the warmakers now.

Comments

Re: capitalization is overrated

[enmascarado.livejournal.com]

Then why bother with such conventions at all? You have a period at the end of your post, that's useless grammar. Why even bother with proper spelling at all?

Eohoiht! Wijioejt, thoiwehoknt whoiwenoirwn weio wonoin.

Don't you agree?

-Dan

[crypticusername.livejournal.com]

Re hem la bra rim chorgab

Re: capitalization is overrated

[easy-wind.livejournal.com]

i wasn't the one claiming intellectual superiority through the use of a convention.

i cannot tell you if i agree or disagree with, "Eohoiht! Wijioejt, thoiwehoknt whoiwenoirwn weio wonoin," because i don't understand it. but i had no difficulty in understanding the original poster.

Re: capitalization is overrated

[enmascarado.livejournal.com]

My overall point is this:

Language is only powerful because it is shared. All language is convention and all parts of convention are important. The written word is only powerful if it is written well.

Further consider that the difference between holding down the shift key and not holding down the shift key could easily mean the difference in being perceived as an idiot or as intelligent.

Capitilization is important.

-Dan

Re: capitalization is overrated

[easy-wind.livejournal.com]

Further consider that the difference between holding down the shift key and not holding down the shift key could easily mean the difference in being perceived as an idiot or as intelligent.

i vehemently disagree with this statement. in fact, i would go further and say that the opinions of an individual who judges someone's intelligence based upon somthing as superficial as choosing whether or not to capitalize a letter - is an example of an individual who's opinion i do not hold in high esteem.

did e.e. cummings not produce poetry that is worthy of being read? is his choice to not capitalise a reflection of his intelligence?

and my overall point is this:

language is a form of communication

Re: capitalization is overrated

[enmascarado.livejournal.com]

e. e. cummings used capitalization in his poems and poetry has different rules than prose. His decision to not use capitals was not based on any artistic choice as well. When he had a poem published in a journal put out by Harvard the editor made a typo and didn't capitalize his names. Since it was his biggest exposure at that point, he kept it.

Go without capitalization if you want. Do so on your next cover letter and see if it helps you.

Language is only a form of communication because of the shared rules. Otherwise howe, ohooow ewijonf.

-Dan

Re: capitalization is overrated

[easy-wind.livejournal.com]

-this is livejournal, not a cover letter

-thanks for enlightening me. i now know that before the written word, there was no form of communication

*rolls eyes*

Re: capitalization is overrated

[left-unsaid.livejournal.com]

zing!

oops. Zing!

Re: capitalization is overrated

[enmascarado.livejournal.com]

Your post was better than his.

-Dan

Re: capitalization is overrated

[enmascarado.livejournal.com]

I wasn't going to reply, but you're so blatantly missing my point that I think you must be trying to. So while it's against my better judgement to reply to a flame, I will.


-this is livejournal, not a cover letter
How you present yourself is how people will see you. If you type like a 12-year-old, people will see you like one. As I said, if that's fine by you, go right ahead.

-thanks for enlightening me. i now know that before the written word, there was no form of communication

So very far from what I was saying that it's ridiculous. Language is a means of communication only because you know the rules. It's like this: I have some books on my shelf that are translated from other languages. If language = communication, then I wouldn't need this, but since I don't know the rules of Chinese or Arabic, I need the help of someone who does.

Similarly, giving someone the "okay" gesture in a foreign country can get you laughed at or spat on, because the rules of communication are different there.

If you still don't understand me, you're being obtuse.

*rolls eyes*

Not only do you type like a 12-year-old, but this post and this line makes me think you act like one.

But, so long as you've dragged this down to a flame war and I've stepped into it:

*flips you the bird*

-Dan

Re: capitalization is overrated

[easy-wind.livejournal.com]

hey buddy, let me sum this thread up for you. someone posted a thought. some other dude responded by attacking the original poster's choice to not capitalise (or is it capitalize?) some letters.

we all understood the post. every single person who read it, was able to comprehend it.

and that is the only point i'm trying to make.

your whole point about language only working because of shared rules is fundamentally flawed. why? BECAUSE WE COULD ALL UNDERSTAND THE POST, YOU ASSHAT!!!

you want to talk about blatantly missing the point of a post? dude do yourself a favor and review this thread.

and for the record, as long as you continue to spout arrogant views whilst acting like a petulant child - i will continue to respond to your posts.

Re: capitalization is overrated

[enmascarado.livejournal.com]

Someone posted a thought.

Someone criticized him for not using capital letters.

You said it was just as powerful without them.

I said, I disagree, that it takes power away.

You and others jumped in with petty and defensive responses.

Arrogant? Where do I say I'm better than anyone? The guy posted what, judging by people in Davis Square and previous posts on this journal, should've been a popular opinion and got pissed on. Part of that was because he came across like an asshole, part of that was because of how he typed. People may have understood what he was saying, but more than a few dismissed it because of how he said it. That's the power of the written word for you.

Petulant child? You're the one who started rolling their eyes like a kid who was told he'd get no ice cream until he finished his vegetables.

Re: capitalization is overrated

[easy-wind.livejournal.com]

Someone criticized him for not using capital letters.

You said it was just as powerful without them.

I said, I disagree, that it takes power away.

...yes. and then you proceeded to say that, "Language is only a form of communication because of the shared rules. Otherwise howe, ohooow ewijonf."

which is an absurd comment.

as i've repeatedly established.

or maybe i can put it in a form that you understand:

sljfsljfsljflsjfslsjflsfj?

are you done yet? i know i am.

Capitilization? whut's thet?

[freyja.livejournal.com]

not holding down the shift key could easily mean the difference in being perceived as an idiot or as intelligent.

so can spelling. sorry. couldn't resist. there's no grammar checker on livejournal but you know what? there is a spellchecker. where's your excuse?

as a side note, what about that bell hooks character, huh? what a moron.

Re: Capitilization? whut's thet?

[enmascarado.livejournal.com]

there's no grammar checker on livejournal but you know what? there is a spellchecker. where's your excuse?

I've found the spell checker buggy in the past, but overall I'm just lazy. That's why there's the occasional typo in my posts.

as a side note, what about that bell hooks character, huh? what a moron.
poetry has different rules than prose.

*tips hat*

-Dan

Re: Capitilization? whut's thet?

[enmascarado.livejournal.com]

Oh, and hooks does write her prose with capital letters.

-Dan