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worker201:
--- Quote from: bedouin ---Being able to properly punctuate a simple sentence should be a prerequisite for voting.
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Except that literacy laws were long used in the United States to prevent blacks from voting. I'd have to be fairly certain that educational systems were functioning properly and fairly before I would agree to another literacy law.
DavidB:
--- Quote from: worker201 ---Except that literacy laws were long used in the United States to prevent blacks from voting. I'd have to be fairly certain that educational systems were functioning properly and fairly before I would agree to another literacy law.
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True. On the other hand, literacy laws would keep a lot of Republicans home on voting day.
Siplus:
--- Quote from: DavidB ---True. On the other hand, literacy laws would keep a lot of Republicans home on voting day.
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Somehow I doubt that. Typically speaking, Liberals tend to be younger in age; however, Conservatives tend to be older. Anyone who thinks younger people are more educated than older people (in general) is mistaken. I know from first hand experience that the average person my age has not developed lingusitic skills beyond that of the majority of you.
Since this is an online forum, and I care very little about writing properly, I do not care about being grammatically correct.
This is not published (unless someone is printing this out.. but that would be pointless). I do not care what half a dozen ideological extremists think about my abilities (My academics are my business). Pointing out grammatical errors online is very annoying, and few people care. You are no better than the trolls on slashdot.
DavidB:
--- Quote from: Siplus ---Pointing out grammatical errors online is very annoying, and few people care. You are no better than the trolls on slashdot.
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It depends on the nature and extent of the grammatical errors. We all make typos, and I've never met anyone who could spell every world and had mastered every grammatical rule.
However, extremely poor grammar or spelling is sometimes evidence of ignorance. One of my favorite examples is the right-winger who recently labeled me a "creaton" on a political forum. It took me a while to figure out he meant cretin.
skyman8081:
You want to kill everyone who voted for Bush?
That's called genocide.
Sieg Hail, fucker:
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