blackbyrd2.livejournal.com ([identity profile] blackbyrd2.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] bloodyrosemccoy 2008-05-12 07:37 pm (UTC)

The only point he tried to make which even remotely resembled reality was the spelling one, but he has cause and effect backwards. Kids don't misspell because the internet makes them dumb, misspellings show up on the internet because we wouldn't normally interact with these people in writing.

TXT spelling has nothing to do with stupidity, and everything to do with consiceness and efficiency.

The only times I see people who spell badly, and say that it doesn't matter, because this is the intarnets, I'm pretty sure they were stupid before getting online.

Here's what I love best though. He blames the internet for making people stupid, and yet, it's the internet who is going to disassemble his essay and show exactly where his poor reasoning falls apart, because that's what you learn to do on the net. You learn to argue, debate, spot fallacies and build rational arguments; Something he appears to be deeply in need of.

Well done kiddo. :)

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