Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Netiquette or the Secret Society of the Grammar Nazi's!

Here is a topic that I am violently torn on, so you will just have to decide for yourself what side you're on!
Netiquette is one of those delicate issues that one talks about in whispers when you're a Dyslexic or have any of the subtypes of learning disabilities like myself.

I am one of those whisperers and I have a distinct psychological bent towards outward Grammar Nazi's! I call them the Grammar SS and consider them uncaring, simplistic and vile creatures, Check out this video illuminating my feelings towards them Grammar Nazi Video.
Still I am torn, for just as the lovely Volkswagen Beetle came from the heart of Nazi Germany, so too does a ring of truth come from the lips of two vile Grammar SS or Andrea Bartz and Brenna Ehrlich, from CNN's Netiquette division! Read here if you must and actually most do!
For as I hate myself for mentioning it, netiquette is becoming something of an important subject to ponder. The great experiment as I call the internet is now a full decade old and a whole new generation of collage age students are coming into the work force under its influential gaze.
This is where the issue begins to take on a dark and more sinister tone! With the plethora of pages like Facebook and MySpace out there in which to blab to the world your innermost grammar errors; the chances of those youthful rants coming back to haunt you are increasingly common and severe! In short hiring managers are still working with last decade’s managerial practices with today’s capabilities of digging up the truth! A serious case in point can be seen in the Witch allegations brought to Christine O'Donnell's Senate campaign in Delaware's 2010 U.S. Senate special election. Old video dies hard and blog and other web content can last a lifetime due to Internet databases and services like Google!
So when the Grammar SS speak up, watch out and listen carefully! Remember what you write today, bad grammar and all, will be with you quite possibly for the rest of your life!

Finally, yes Grammar SS, I have my papers and did a grammar and spell check!
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