I said my suggestion is no jail time......but off the tour for 1 year and 1000 hours working with animal protection services.
I stand corrected:
hjack merely "suggested" the aforementioned punishment.
Personally, I don't think he would have delivered that harsh a sentence as a judge. [But, you never know.] Nevertheless, words are weapons that can be used to inflame or diffuse situations. In my opinion, his words inflamed and mine diffused (or at least attempted a realistic perspective).
Nice try all 'round.
Meanwhile, a thread that started off as fun -- insensitive soul that I am -- no longer is.
For newbies in the world of Internet posting, using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS is yelling.
We have a full complement of word emphasis tools here -- bold,italics and underline. Also, combinations thereof. Plus color. Even bold color. With or without sizing!Except in the most extreme circumstances (usually to satisfy a literary intent), please use them.
These techniques will avoid the simplistic -- and irksome -- ALL CAPS approach.
I hate computers. I really, really hate them. Evil. If hjacknicklaus gets appointed as "Homeland Security Czar", I would ask that he ban computers and the Internet.
I hate computers. I really, really hate them. Evil. If hjacknicklaus gets appointed as "Homeland Security Czar", I would ask that he ban computers and the Internet.
Dude! If they banned the internet what in the world would you do at 6 in the morning? I see you out here all the time . . . you got it worse than me . .. and I got it BAD.