UK RIP Bill Reintroduced

AIM31 writes "The amendments to RIP bill in the UK, which gives the power to read email headers and history to such bodies as the Postal Service, is back. with amendments. Last time it was rejected after massive protest."

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[leereyno]

Ten years ago I wouldn't have been able to read anything you wrote without great difficulty. Back then everything I read was written by someone with a reasonable grasp of things like spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Then came the internet. Early on things were still good. Six or seven years ago the only people who had computers were those with decent IQ's. Even if someone's spelling was not all that great at least they had something worthwhile to say. Good grammar and punctuation can do a lot to compensate for bad spelling. You also didn't have a bunch of 3rd world yahoos whose command of the english language was so bad that the their posts in "engrish" could have passed for the non sequitur ramblings of someone suffering from schizophrenia. Now I know that not everyone is lucky enough to speak english as a first language, but surely there must be places online where people can post in a language they do have a grasp of. Even so I am more than willing to cut someone a great deal of slack if it is clear that they are trying to learn the language. You have to start somewhere after all. What REALLY drives me up the wall are posts from ignorant idiots who lack the language skills expected of the average sixth grader. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those grammar nazi's who will complain of split infinitives or other semi-obscure points of usage. I'm talking about the kind of posts that would make Forrest Gump blush. I'm sure we've all seen posts that seem to be nothing but one long run-on sentence without any punctuation or capitalization to tell us otherwise. Even worse than the format is the content of such posts. All I can say is that inbreeding is alive and well in North America.

As a result of the onslaught of these kinds of posts, I've developed the ability to decrypt and interpret things that no one who isn't a paid code-breaker should ever have to.

I don't see the situation getting any better. Americans pour money into our schools like it is going out of style. Some people take advantage of their educational opportunities and some people don't. For those who don't our efforts are essentially wasted. The most we can hope to achieve in sending them to school is keeping them off the street.

Lee