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#58222 - 09/23/04 01:47 PM THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION
Svengali CoS Magister Registered: 03/06/03 Posts: 12460 Loc: Florida, U.S.A.	THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION If you post or respond to posts here, you are obliged to write in a manner that can be understood and responded to. This involves form and content. Form is spelling, grammar, and punctuation. There is no excuse for lacking these basic skills. If you have a hard time with this, try writing your post in Word or whatever word-processing program that came loaded in your computer. Most of these programs are designed to correct basic errors of spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Content is the substance of your post. Just about any comment you can make is either a judgment or a call to action. In the case of judgment, you are stating that you agree or disagree with a statement and your reasons for agreement or disagreement. If you disagree with someone, it is because they are uninformed (lacking information), misinformed (based on wrong information), or their reasoning is flawed (they draw wrong or erroneous conclusions from the basic information), or they are incomplete in their analysis. If you disagree with someone the burden is on you to clearly state why. There is no point in just stating “I disagree” – that is just being mindlessly contentious. If you agree with someone and find it worth saying so, it also does not hurt to state why. In the case of a call to action, you are stating what should be done or not be done and your reasons why. If you can’t make the effort to be understood in the first place, Don’t be surprised when you get banned. If you just “don’t care” if your post is understood, or if you are legible or coherent to anyone reading it, then why post here in the first place? Go do something more productive with yourself, like stick a butter knife into an electric socket. The same goes to all the lot lice that immediately jump on every lame newcomer with petty nit-picking criticism. From what I’ve observed here, 99 times out of 100 you have nothing better to offer yourself. Kindergarten dismissed! _________________________ Live and Let Die. "If I have to choose between defending the wolf or the dog, I choose the wolf, especially when he is bleeding." -- Jaques Verges "I may have my faults, but being wrong ain't one of them." -- Jimmy Hoffa "As for wars, well, there's only been 268 years out of the last 3421 in which there were no wars. So war, too, is in the normal course of events." -- Will Durant. "Satanism is the worship of life, not a hypocritical, whitewashed vision of life, but life as it really is." -- Anton Szandor LaVey “A membership ticket in this party does not confer genius on the holder.” -- Benito Mussolini MY BOOK: ESSAYS IN SATANISM \| MY BLOG: COSMODROMIUM \| Deep Satanism Blog
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#58223 - 09/23/04 02:00 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
Drake_Bamboozle CoS Reverend Registered: 06/25/02 Posts: 10483 Loc: England	It's a good try, Reverend Svengali, but I am afraid that for a lot of people this is just a bridge too far. I commend your efforts though. _________________________ "u.v.ray is an uncompromising writer who glares at the world with bloodshot eyes. He gazes into the abyss and sees jewels of tragedy, comedy, cruelty, heroism, tenderness, darkness, grit and futility. We Are Glass is a searing collection of seventeen razor-sharp short stories; a very fine collection indeed." -- Paul D. Brazill. www.uvray.moonfruit.com
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#58224 - 09/23/04 02:26 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Drake_Bamboozle]
Svengali CoS Magister Registered: 03/06/03 Posts: 12460 Loc: Florida, U.S.A.	Now they cannot say that they were not warned. _________________________ Live and Let Die. "If I have to choose between defending the wolf or the dog, I choose the wolf, especially when he is bleeding." -- Jaques Verges "I may have my faults, but being wrong ain't one of them." -- Jimmy Hoffa "As for wars, well, there's only been 268 years out of the last 3421 in which there were no wars. So war, too, is in the normal course of events." -- Will Durant. "Satanism is the worship of life, not a hypocritical, whitewashed vision of life, but life as it really is." -- Anton Szandor LaVey “A membership ticket in this party does not confer genius on the holder.” -- Benito Mussolini MY BOOK: ESSAYS IN SATANISM \| MY BLOG: COSMODROMIUM \| Deep Satanism Blog
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#58225 - 09/24/04 07:33 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
Foxred Registered: 03/07/03 Posts: 89 Loc: .	Reverend, it crossed my mind that quite a few might be using their second language... If I cannot read something because it it bulky and requires extensive attention, I just skip it... _________________________ Look into Intergallactic depth
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#58226 - 09/24/04 08:30 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Foxred]
Plato CoS Member Registered: 08/02/04 Posts: 61 Loc: Hong Kong	Quote: Reverend, it crossed my mind that quite a few might be using their second language... If I cannot read something because it it bulky and requires extensive attention, I just skip it... But that's not an excuse for foreigners. Those who are not good at the second-language should improve it before they use it.(not only English) And as a foreigner, I’m always improving it. Once I heard the Jehovah's Witness churchmen speak in Cantonese, it made me feel like my ears were raped. So, the solution you should take is to improve it, not to loose it. _________________________ Desire's raison d'etre is not to realize its goal, to find full satisfaction, but to reproduce itself as desire. Slavoj Zizek
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#58227 - 09/24/04 11:57 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Foxred]
Svengali CoS Magister Registered: 03/06/03 Posts: 12460 Loc: Florida, U.S.A.	Quote: Reverend, it crossed my mind that quite a few might be using their second language... Language barriers are apparent and excusable. Idiocy filtered through a language barrier is equally apparent but inexcusable. _________________________ Live and Let Die. "If I have to choose between defending the wolf or the dog, I choose the wolf, especially when he is bleeding." -- Jaques Verges "I may have my faults, but being wrong ain't one of them." -- Jimmy Hoffa "As for wars, well, there's only been 268 years out of the last 3421 in which there were no wars. So war, too, is in the normal course of events." -- Will Durant. "Satanism is the worship of life, not a hypocritical, whitewashed vision of life, but life as it really is." -- Anton Szandor LaVey “A membership ticket in this party does not confer genius on the holder.” -- Benito Mussolini MY BOOK: ESSAYS IN SATANISM \| MY BLOG: COSMODROMIUM \| Deep Satanism Blog
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#58228 - 09/29/04 07:08 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
Xerx CoS Member Registered: 02/09/02 Posts: 652 Loc: Italy	Superb post as usual. You expressed my idea. Svengali for President! Xerx _________________________
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#58229 - 09/29/04 08:03 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Xerx]
Svengali CoS Magister Registered: 03/06/03 Posts: 12460 Loc: Florida, U.S.A.	Quote: Svengali for President! Thank you for the sentiment, but I wouldn't want the job! _________________________ Live and Let Die. "If I have to choose between defending the wolf or the dog, I choose the wolf, especially when he is bleeding." -- Jaques Verges "I may have my faults, but being wrong ain't one of them." -- Jimmy Hoffa "As for wars, well, there's only been 268 years out of the last 3421 in which there were no wars. So war, too, is in the normal course of events." -- Will Durant. "Satanism is the worship of life, not a hypocritical, whitewashed vision of life, but life as it really is." -- Anton Szandor LaVey “A membership ticket in this party does not confer genius on the holder.” -- Benito Mussolini MY BOOK: ESSAYS IN SATANISM \| MY BLOG: COSMODROMIUM \| Deep Satanism Blog
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#58230 - 09/29/04 06:18 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
CannibalSpirit Registered: 07/09/02 Posts: 363 Loc: Lima, Perú	Thank you. This was obvious, but necessary. _________________________ Cannibal Spirit "I am my enemy"
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#58231 - 10/02/04 11:04 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
Shylock Registered: 02/08/02 Posts: 307 Loc: Tiki Land	A toast to the Reverend! Might I also add that people should cite things when they borrow from them too closely, instead of acting like the ideas were their own? Perhaps I've been writing too many research papers...damn plagiarism clauses...but people on this board should have enough respect for the folks that inspire them to give credit where it's due. Most follow through with this or indicate that they simply can't recall the source of their quotes, but still....some of the newer ones don't catch on so quickly (not a good sign). _________________________ Pride may be worth less than safety but it's certainly worth more than convenience. --The Royal Me
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#58232 - 10/07/04 03:29 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Shylock]
August-Wolfe Registered: 10/06/04 Posts: 144 Loc: Texas, USA	Quote: A toast to the Reverend! Might I also add that people should cite things when they borrow from them too closely, instead of acting like the ideas were their own? Perhaps I've been writing too many research papers...damn plagiarism clauses...but people on this board should have enough respect for the folks that inspire them to give credit where it's due. Most follow through with this or indicate that they simply can't recall the source of their quotes, but still....some of the newer ones don't catch on so quickly (not a good sign). And here is a salute to Rev. Svengali as well. Even in impassioned debate there should be, I would think, a standard of courtesy ( I'm not a straight "A" student, maybe a "B+"). Unclear statements, improper grammar and such can lead to misinterpretation. So, well said Reverend. Timely, accurate advice. And here's to Ginger as well. Plagiarism is an unspeakable misdeed. Almost as bad is the habit of quoting someone completely out of context. Cheers. _________________________ "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.".....Thomas Jefferson "I have as much authority as the Pope - I just don't have as many people who believe it." ...George Carlin
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#58233 - 10/09/04 06:10 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
The_Sixth_Circle CoS Member Registered: 10/06/04 Posts: 432 Loc: Hell; where else?	I agree with Svengali completely, finding it difficult to understand why people would find "talking" to other intelligent individuals in a coherent manner unimportant. Personally, I'm usually quite stringent with my use of the English language (rare for a Scot!) for I have too much respect for other posters to go on shamelessly abusing the language I enjoy speaking. In saying that, I think the odd typo or spelling/grammatical error here and there is forgiveable - constant continuance of same however, is not. I often muse at those who say; "I know lots of people who are very intelligent, but who are not great writers" Oddly, I don't know any. I write down what goes through my head, thus it's a primary source of my intellect. I am not hampered by an inability to write, because I am not hampered by an inability to think. I think Dr LaVey himself said it best; "Many people who fall back on phrases like "more than words can say", "when words are not enough", or "beyond description", simply have limited vocabularies." Plus, if someone knew their spelling and grammar is bad yet were intelligent, surely they would have sense enough to use a spellchecker. Just my two pence. Edited by highland_devil (10/09/04 11:44 AM) _________________________ Have You Met The Alien Elite? / The Sixth Circle @ Myspace Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. - Sir Oscar Wilde
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#58234 - 10/19/04 09:51 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
Carl_Luce Registered: 12/13/03 Posts: 41	More often than not, an audience faced with linguistic slop is enabled a more important part of practical understanding: "The man talking to me is a careless fool." Those failing to recognize the trumping importance of grammar and precision deserve nothing short of their unwelcoming reception. In otherwords, don't greet a king with a high five. Your "meaning" may be lost in the process.
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#58235 - 10/30/04 03:53 PM Some people just don't get it [Re: Svengali]
Captn_Thatch CoS Member Registered: 04/14/02 Posts: 851 Loc: 115°49'00"W 37°14'00"N	From a website covering the topic of logical argumentative essays. "Example One": Even though there may be a deceiver of some sort, very powerful and very tricky, who bends all his efforts to keep me perpetually deceived, there can be no slightest doubt that I exist, since he deceives me; and let him deceive me as much as he will, he can never make me be nothing as long as I think I am something. Thus, after having thought well on this matter, and after examining all things with care, I must finally conclude and maintain that this proposition: I am, I exist, is necessarily true every time that I pronounce it or conceive it in my mind. - Rene Descartes Translation: "I am a blithering idiot". Happy Halloween. _________________________ Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws. -Sir Richard Francis Burton
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#58236 - 10/30/04 05:19 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Plato]
Skyla CoS Member Registered: 02/13/04 Posts: 495	Quote: But that's not an excuse for foreigners. Those who are not good at the second-language should improve it before they use it.(not only English) I understand your point, but on the other hand I think the best way to improve language skills is by using it. I know my english isn't perfect and how can it be when it's not my mother tongue? That doesn't necessarly mean that I have nothing to say. I try hard to avoid mistakes by using my dictionary and I often let a friend proofread before I post, but that doesn't cover every little fault. I appreciate the patience I receive from my english speaking friends. If someone isn't willing to accept a few mistakes that can't be wipped out, he should simply ignore the person and be glad to obviously never make mistakes himself. _________________________ One life. Live it.
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#58237 - 10/31/04 03:15 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Plato]
Foxred Registered: 03/07/03 Posts: 89 Loc: .	I don't think there is such thing as "should"... It is based on different principles. Universe is too big to sustain control. Return . It's funny how thru words we can see who we are talking to ... _________________________ Look into Intergallactic depth
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#58238 - 10/31/04 03:20 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Skyla]
Foxred Registered: 03/07/03 Posts: 89 Loc: .	Your English doesn't have to be perfect. _________________________ Look into Intergallactic depth
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#58239 - 11/04/04 02:07 PM Re: "using their second language" [Re: Foxred]
Bedlam CoS Member Registered: 06/29/01 Posts: 1654 Loc: Perfidious Albion	I find that people using English as their second language often have a far greater grasp of it than many who deem it their first. I suspect that this is because they have taken time out to actually learn it. There does at least seem to have been a vast reduction in the amount of "u r gr8 2nite" nonsense. _________________________ Wine for my men, we ride at dawn... Do I look like I carry a pencil? Jason Statham It may be Crazy But I'm the closest thing I have To a voice of reason ~ Gil Scott Heron
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#58240 - 11/08/04 10:23 AM Re: Some people just don't get it [Re: Captn_Thatch]
Fiendboy5000 Registered: 11/08/04 Posts: 25 Loc: Adelaide australia	I'll bet he didnt die with any lint in his navel. _________________________ "AAAARRRGGGHH The Bees are defending themselves somehow" Homer Simpson.
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#58241 - 11/28/04 07:40 PM Re: Some people just don't get it [Re: Fiendboy5000]
stardust Registered: 11/28/04 Posts: 3 Loc: currently ch	Uh oh... after reading this Posting I think I'll have to edit my first Post on another thread. I will try to write correct english by now. But as I have always the problem of which word should begin with a capital letter and which not, I'd like to apologize for any errors.
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#58242 - 12/05/04 11:28 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
Quija Registered: 12/05/04 Posts: 110 Loc: Germany	As a member of another (german) newsgroup I would like to inform you, that we are discussing just the same thing: orthography! Here is a quote from a german journalist which I have posted lately, for better understanding it has been translated by Babel Fish... "I stand firmly to my conviction that it is a first-rate charakterliche Widerwaertigkeit to make itself merry over other people spelling mistake. Is amazing, as straight people, which talked otherwise all possible irregularities or even the Anarchismus the word, bit itself over a few redundant line moose ereifern. I see a erspriesslicheres certification of people creativity in apostrophes, in places, where before ever apostrophes were not, at least as in Graffitigeschmiere at historical buildings. Orthography is a pretty thing for people, which have fun at it." Max Goldt
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#58243 - 12/05/04 11:34 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Quija]
BlueMoon CoS Member Registered: 06/11/03 Posts: 351 Loc: Germany	Is that YOU, Yoda???? _________________________ [color:"blue"]- BlueMoon -[/color] Find me on MySpace... __________________________________________________ [color:"silver"]Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. ~ Harvey Fierstein[/color]
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#58244 - 12/05/04 12:22 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: BlueMoon]
Quija Registered: 12/05/04 Posts: 110 Loc: Germany	No, probably not. If the word "Indiependance" doesn't mean anything to you, it's not me. If you googled it and found the board, please don't join as long as you don't feel you're one of them.
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#58245 - 12/05/04 12:34 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Quija]
BlueMoon CoS Member Registered: 06/11/03 Posts: 351 Loc: Germany	You didn´t get the hint. _________________________ [color:"blue"]- BlueMoon -[/color] Find me on MySpace... __________________________________________________ [color:"silver"]Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. ~ Harvey Fierstein[/color]
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#58246 - 02/07/05 07:49 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
Schopenhauer Registered: 01/13/05 Posts: 2 Loc: Finland	Whaddaya?...Layer?...
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#58247 - 02/20/05 05:30 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
juggalolove Registered: 02/20/05 Posts: 15	This may be completly off topic, but I got a couple questions. First off, I own the satanic bible and have read it. Now I love what is said inside as far as being your own god and taking responsiblty for your actions. My question is, if I do not agree as far as worshiping satan, but agree with some of the views discussed in the book, where would that put me? I do not worship anyone but myself. I'm asking this so I do not give a headache to those that worship satan by continuing to post.
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#58248 - 02/20/05 08:00 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: juggalolove]
MagisterRose CoS Magister Registered: 05/21/03 Posts: 2381	Either you did not read the book, or your reading comprehension is pathetic. Go away! _________________________ Empty heads babble the most. The good die young... because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good. John Barrymore HARDCOVER INFERNALIA PAPERBACK INFERNALIA HARDCOVER KASIDAH PAPERBACK KASIDAH
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#58249 - 02/23/05 03:00 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: MagisterRose]
Satanya Banned Registered: 02/05/04 Posts: 2241	I have noticed one thing from an experiment I did, most people do not know what they read. This can be verified by asking them to read a page of book or one of any electronic medium, then following it, asking them to tell you about what they have just read, the results are truly amusing.
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#58250 - 05/15/05 08:01 PM Re: "using their second language" [Re: Bedlam]
oggi Registered: 04/12/05 Posts: 107 Loc: Finland	True. English grammar is made for elite. Everybody must learn it to be capable to read and write it, to belong this "elite". _________________________ "You fool, you wanderer You challenged the gods and lost" -nightwish
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#58251 - 05/16/05 07:06 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
ThrashinHellslut Registered: 04/17/05 Posts: 111 Loc: Germany	Quote: Form is spelling, grammar, and punctuation. There is no excuse for lacking these basic skills. If you have a hard time with this, try writing your post in Word or whatever word-processing program that came loaded in your computer. Most of these programs are designed to correct basic errors of spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Ah, I know this problem from some German forums. I also don't like it, when people write phrases as numbers, like: "h3ll0 h0w 4r3 y0u?" or alternately in BiG aNd SmAlL lEtTeRs. Or those who totally ignore the German grammar. I, myself, have to say that I sometimes got the problem to eject my exact opinion in English (for example in this forum). But at least, I'm trying to do this, sometimes with using www.leo.org An excellent translating program I'm also NOT the type of person who says something without any explanation or reason. These people just don't know of what a discussion lives from.
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#58252 - 05/16/05 11:44 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: ThrashinHellslut]
Isabel23 CoS Magistra Registered: 12/17/02 Posts: 1994	Thank you very much for that link. Clear use of words is a sign of clear thinking. All that disregard for the rules to enhance clear communication in any language is a disregard for clear thinking. Fuzzy thinking is very popular. It is in the power of any individual to clarify his fuzzy thinking. There are no reasonable excuses. HS _________________________ Isabel CoS Magistra
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#58253 - 05/18/05 04:58 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Foxred]
oggi Registered: 04/12/05 Posts: 107 Loc: Finland	Quote: Your English doesn't have to be perfect. Then how good it has to be. I know few stammering people, and I still think that they have right to talk(becouse they can't change that), even as it annoys me. I personally draw line to there, where writer understand comment which is answering to and make text, that can be understanded. _________________________ "You fool, you wanderer You challenged the gods and lost" -nightwish
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#58254 - 06/15/05 10:27 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: oggi]
TM1 Registered: 06/15/05 Posts: 17 Loc: Mid West, US	Sorry I went to a public school. Learning to be evil was my focus. ha ha Now I am all paranoid about my grammer. I get the message. It is good to be alive and corrected, eh. TM _________________________ Throw your clocks away. The truth is Now
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#58255 - 06/25/05 03:35 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
EroticArtisan Registered: 06/21/05 Posts: 43 Loc: Las Vegas NV	Greetings, I wanted to thank you for post. I can not promise You that my grammar or spelling will be flawless, but I will give it my best shot. I am a newcomer and so far 99% of the time have found gracious welcome among the members of this board, but then I have also not started as of yet to voice my opinion or judgements on anything. The more I read certain articles (is that correct for postings?), the more I question some of them. I have been reluctant to however disagree or offer up a question for correction. I am one of those lesser looked at Witches. (If I understood one of the articles correctly, Witchcraft was right up there with Christianity and Wicca - which I don't appreciate at all). However I am forever in the search for more information and learning. I would love to discuss and ask some of questions. Maybe after your wonderful posting, I can find the "courage" to do so. I do wish to become and be a productive member of this forum and after coming up with the required funds member of the CoS. So thank you again and I hope that I did not show myself as to ignorant. _________________________ Live,learn, make mistakes but take responsibility for them. Laugh loud, cry hard, scream for joy or pain. Don't use words lightly, mean them to the core. If you say LOVE, mean deep love or use like. If you say HATE, mean hate not dislike. There is only one inexcusable act and that is not to be true to yourself and those you love. Treat others the way you want to be treated, but also treat them the way they treat you. Hit me and you better be the ONE I call Master or run. I will not turn the other cheek and if I do you better wonder what is in my mind or hand. Hurt my Children or my beloved Master and You better hide. You ask me what I am.....I AM
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#58256 - 07/10/05 09:30 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
chandler Registered: 07/09/05 Posts: 41 Loc: TX, US	It is because of the involvement of people like you that this forum will survive. It is painful to note that many idiots read broken english with a vocabulary of only a few, monosyllabic words better than they read plain english, but your "call to action" certainly won't deprive them of the opportunity to learn their native language or simply better english. _________________________ Do you feel like you're being kept in the dark but can't quite put your finger on it? Well, too bad.
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#58257 - 10/05/05 04:47 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
WinterGoat Registered: 09/29/05 Posts: 151 Loc: WA State	I must say, after dealing with so many mealy-mouthed idiots for the better part of my life, I find this attitude quite refreshing. I am very glad to have "discovered" Satanism and this message board. HAIL MAGISTER SVENGALI! HAIL SATAN! _________________________ Every man has to seek in his own way to make his own self more noble and to realize his own true worth. Albert Schweitzer They're persecuting what they can't stand to look at in themselves--the truth. From the song Warlock by The Electric Hellfire Club TESLAMAP5
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#58258 - 10/08/05 02:58 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
ghostgirl Registered: 09/13/05 Posts: 50 Loc: Orlando... FL	Really? You may hate me for this... but you sound like a professor lecturing his students on the proper way to submit a paper. I hope this message board does not require proper uses of punctuation and indentation????? Sorry if I offended... to many rules and regulation make a ghostgirl insane _________________________ Every good ghostgirl must have her party
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#58259 - 10/08/05 10:24 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: ghostgirl]
Discipline CoS Warlock Registered: 08/25/03 Posts: 6795 Loc: Forever West	I am a bit confused, Ma'am. Why do you complain of rules and yet you seem so determined to interact with those who follow the rules? Not to pick on you, I am unable to understand where you are coming from on this idea. Do those rules not make the posts cleaner and clearer? I like that aspect and I enjoy reading a well-structured post, let alone the intelligence of it. You seem to dislike "rules.” What are rules in your definition? Everyone abides by rules throughout their life no matter how much of a dissident a person may assume he is. Rules are part of life and they are set out for reasons. They are not drawn to make life harder or to "poop" on your parade. They are created to make things defined and understandable. If that means it is harder then so be it. "Life is hard, work harder." That is a motto I like to take to heart. _________________________ "I've learned . . . that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes." ~Andy Rooney "At last I shall have time to devote myself seriously and freely to the destruction of all my former opinions." ~Descartes “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” ~Richard Feynman
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#58260 - 10/08/05 11:11 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: ghostgirl]
Cholinergic <B>CoS Member</B> Registered: 04/16/05 Posts: 888 Loc: UK	Quote: I hope this message board does not require proper uses of punctuation and indentation????? bcos riting like tis l1ke just makes fins dificult to read like and we like to understand wot ur saying like. Proper grammar is something that should come naturally, at the least it should be done to be polite. I can't understand why people view writing in english as such a burden. _________________________ Yes, I named myself after a neurotransmitter
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#58261 - 10/08/05 09:29 PM Re: Rules.. [Re: ghostgirl]
Mjollnir CoS Member Registered: 12/04/04 Posts: 1416	Quote: I hope this message board does not require proper uses of punctuation and indentation????? Sorry if I offended... to many rules and regulation make a ghostgirl insane Maybe you are just in the wrong place. Did you ever think of that??? You seem to be having a hard time here. Perhaps there is a reason for this. Why is it that you feel you shouldn't have to follow the rules? As I stated in your introduction.. Quote: Reading through the forums here will give you a good idea of what this board is all about. Doing so will also make it clear whether this board is for you or not. Feel free to make posts and replies. Yes, there are rules, but they are there for good reasons. Perhaps this message board is not for you, Ghost Girl.
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#58262 - 10/08/05 10:35 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: ghostgirl]
Hagen von Tronje CoS Priest Registered: 06/28/01 Posts: 10086	Is it really that hard to write well? I find it much simpler than trying to use slangy "netspeak." It may not be strictly required by forum rules that you follow correct writing procedure, but you will never be taken seriously if you cannot even muster readable, serious writing. See Dr. LaVey's humorous essay "Writter's Block". _________________________ "The devil I'll bring you," answered Hagen. "I have enough to carry with my shield and breastplate; my helm is bright, the sword is in my hand, therefore I bring you naught."
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#58263 - 10/27/05 10:38 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
Svengali CoS Magister Registered: 03/06/03 Posts: 12460 Loc: Florida, U.S.A.	Posts like THIS are the reason this thread was necessary: Quote: ryt so its all wel n gud. ur satanists hu apparently want to become one with mother earth bla bla bla...bt da question i put to u is...wat makes u think wat u put out n beleve is tru? u say u want us 'foolish' christians to listen to u n realise that wat YOU say is ryt...but how do u no? wat concrete evidence can u supply 2 me a christian dat u ppl are ryt an dat us stupid ppl are livin a lyf of untruth n misery? i challenge u... Enough said? _________________________ Live and Let Die. "If I have to choose between defending the wolf or the dog, I choose the wolf, especially when he is bleeding." -- Jaques Verges "I may have my faults, but being wrong ain't one of them." -- Jimmy Hoffa "As for wars, well, there's only been 268 years out of the last 3421 in which there were no wars. So war, too, is in the normal course of events." -- Will Durant. "Satanism is the worship of life, not a hypocritical, whitewashed vision of life, but life as it really is." -- Anton Szandor LaVey “A membership ticket in this party does not confer genius on the holder.” -- Benito Mussolini MY BOOK: ESSAYS IN SATANISM \| MY BLOG: COSMODROMIUM \| Deep Satanism Blog
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#58264 - 11/01/05 07:20 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
Svengali CoS Magister Registered: 03/06/03 Posts: 12460 Loc: Florida, U.S.A.	Or this: Quote: how can you think that ! i am a very educated satanist.how can you derive such an insult based on a question like mine. i am simply seeking the location of cos .i visit cos .com everyday i have all of dr laveys works how could u juge me based on question of location. _________________________ Live and Let Die. "If I have to choose between defending the wolf or the dog, I choose the wolf, especially when he is bleeding." -- Jaques Verges "I may have my faults, but being wrong ain't one of them." -- Jimmy Hoffa "As for wars, well, there's only been 268 years out of the last 3421 in which there were no wars. So war, too, is in the normal course of events." -- Will Durant. "Satanism is the worship of life, not a hypocritical, whitewashed vision of life, but life as it really is." -- Anton Szandor LaVey “A membership ticket in this party does not confer genius on the holder.” -- Benito Mussolini MY BOOK: ESSAYS IN SATANISM \| MY BLOG: COSMODROMIUM \| Deep Satanism Blog
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#58265 - 11/02/05 11:14 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
novusopiate Registered: 10/30/05 Posts: 22 Loc: Texas, USA	I personally see it as more of a burden to type in non-standard English. Any type of "net speak" of "1337 sp34k" is not only annoying, but frankly more time consuming than establishing a clear and concise message. As a new comer not only to this forum, but forums in general, I find it sad that posts like this have become a necessity. Although, since it is needed, I thank you for pointing out this easily avoidable issue. _________________________ "Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives." A. Sachs
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#58266 - 11/02/05 11:16 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: novusopiate]
Svengali CoS Magister Registered: 03/06/03 Posts: 12460 Loc: Florida, U.S.A.	That gibberish is like a neon sign saying “I AM A RETARD.” _________________________ Live and Let Die. "If I have to choose between defending the wolf or the dog, I choose the wolf, especially when he is bleeding." -- Jaques Verges "I may have my faults, but being wrong ain't one of them." -- Jimmy Hoffa "As for wars, well, there's only been 268 years out of the last 3421 in which there were no wars. So war, too, is in the normal course of events." -- Will Durant. "Satanism is the worship of life, not a hypocritical, whitewashed vision of life, but life as it really is." -- Anton Szandor LaVey “A membership ticket in this party does not confer genius on the holder.” -- Benito Mussolini MY BOOK: ESSAYS IN SATANISM \| MY BLOG: COSMODROMIUM \| Deep Satanism Blog
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#58267 - 11/02/05 03:33 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: novusopiate]
Cholinergic <B>CoS Member</B> Registered: 04/16/05 Posts: 888 Loc: UK	I remember when I typed in l33t for humour purposes, it took an average of 10 times my normal typing speed. I don't see the point in this "shorthand" taking longer to type. Or should I say: 1 \|>0\|\\|7 533 T3\|-\| 901\|\\|`\|` \|_0\|_ _________________________ Yes, I named myself after a neurotransmitter
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#58268 - 11/02/05 04:32 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
CWH CoS Member Registered: 04/23/05 Posts: 3746	Quote: That gibberish is like a neon sign saying “I AM A RETARD.” My sentiments exactly.
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#58269 - 11/02/05 06:01 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
Tex_Talionis CoS Member Registered: 10/06/05 Posts: 420 Loc: Amarillo, TX	Don't forget LAZY. Most people put that crap up to shorten simple two-to-four letter words, or any word in general. "wot do u mean i have 2 go?" How lazy must one be to have to shorten simple something like to? _________________________ -Hail Satan- -Tex- MySpace Citizen Infernal Empire Test Everything. "We live in deeds not years. You can be what you will to be." -General George S. Patton "The things that come to those who wait may be things left by those who got there first!"
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#58270 - 11/07/05 06:38 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
wonder_boy Registered: 07/12/05 Posts: 14 Loc: Poland	"I am trying too make kindergarden back"=;-) Hail Satan! _________________________ Personal Jesus.
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#58271 - 11/07/05 09:45 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: The_Sixth_Circle]
wonder_boy Registered: 07/12/05 Posts: 14 Loc: Poland	Thank you all for constrictive criticism:-/ Hail Satan! _________________________ Personal Jesus.
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#58272 - 11/08/05 08:51 PM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
angella Registered: 09/20/05 Posts: 44 Loc: Nevada, United States	Considering I am working on getting into grad school and on a second bachelors degree..... I am going to agree that all the points you made are worthy!!!
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#58273 - 11/21/05 09:39 AM Re: THE BURDEN OF COMMUNICATION [Re: Svengali]
crackergirl Registered: 11/15/05 Posts: 323 Loc: Kansas	Wow. I can't believe this is a real quote. What is the world coming to? I can understand a few misspellings, and some mistakes here and there, but this is nuts. And they call me a heathen.
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