Posted by Ed Mullen on 05/26/07 04:56

dorayme wrote:
> In article <te2dnZsFjezkD8jbnZ2dnUVZ_qWvnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> Ed Mullen <ed@edmullen.net> wrote:
>
>> Neredbojias wrote:
>>> On Tue, 22 May 2007 21:18:04 GMT dorayme scribed:
>>>
>>>> In article <Xns993879DEAB4F8nanopandaneredbojias@208.49.80.251>,
>>>> Neredbojias <neredbojias@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This shows your general procedure is flawed. I will ask you once
>>>> again, show some respect, and do not spell my name with a
>>>> capital. Officer White is on standby (he is looking mighty
>>>> restless).
>>> Hey, I'm willing to go along with your small-letter psychosis under
>>> normal conditions, but when the pseudonym in question appears at the
>>> beginning of a sentence, it _will be_ capitalized by anyone with a normal
>>> grasp of language usage. I believe you will find this to be the majority
>>> opinion, and if it upsets you, learn to regulate your disposition better.
>>>
>> By your logic would you then capitalize the name of one of Apple's
>> computers? As in:
>>
>> "IMac computers have been part of Apple's line since 1998." Probably
>> not. It ought to be "iMac computers have ..." The same should hold
>> true for dorayme's name.
>
> Golly, Ed. You can, with one example, make a point that it takes
> me an essay to make. You have that gift of conciseness. Never
> been my strong point. But also, I suspect, it would spoil my fun
> in bantering with Boji. Killer moves like yours would give me no
> room to expand...
>

Yeah, well, thanks. Sigh. Apparently, a simple statement meant
nothing. Now we're into a dialogue where none was needed. Sigh.
Traction! Back-tracking! Obfuscation! Mis-direction!

Right, good tactics. Uh, not.

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