I ask a small favor of Mr. Hamster (was "shouted down" etc)

[Thomas Widlar]

"Gary R. Van Sickle":
> That's all I can stands, I can't stands no more!
> 
> Mr. Hamster, for the love of God, could you *please* CAPITALIZE the first
> letter of your sentences?!?!?  I'm certainly no stickler on sentence
> formation, but your unique lack of any capitalization whatsoever in page
> after page of text jangles even my low sensibilities like fingernails on a
> blackboard.
> 
> I knew e. e. cummings, e. e. cummings was a friend of mine.  Mr. Hamster,
> you're no e. e. cummings.
> 
> I sincerely believe that if you did this one small thing, all problems on
> this mailing list will instantly vanish.

I think this linguistic quirk is a window into the thinking and
"individuality" of the writer. I don't think fixing the
capitalization would stop the blackboard scratching.

Thomas Widlar

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