In Reply to: Some of us.. posted by Mic on Wednesday, 8. November 2006 at 18:59 Bali Time:
Hi Mic,
Like Tuberose above I can only apologise for my actions..... I don't know what came over me.....guess it was the excitement of the moment that makes me post some headings in capitals like that....you know what I mean Mic.....like this one here:
http://www.balitravelforum.com/archive200012/16916.html
ouch......that was a bit low huh.....I mean using that as an example.....probably a moment of great excitement and anticipation....so I can understand the slip up mate.... watching the seconds ticking by....glass of champers in one hand.......on the other the caps lock pinkie poised ready to strike..... must admit I felt a little sadness when I read it though....such a lovely bold heading like that and only 2 responses from it many hours later.....you must have felt very lonely that point mic......just proves Tubes theory wrong though doesn't it ...about me using capitals to draw attention to ones self....it surely didn't work that time... hey ?
I know after some research through the archives that whenever you have pulled out your Forum Sheriffs badge that it's only been because the perf has used capitals throughout the entire message and not just in a header. But, then that got me thinking.... I have never written a post (not that I can recall anyway...but I'm sure many will be trying at this point) using capitals throughout, other than in a header, for which crime I have already pleaded guilty.
So why is it Mic that I got singled out by you and your mate Tubes for capitalising only my headings ? There are literally hundreds maybe thousands of headers throughout the archives that are written in capital letters. I have opened a few at random and there were many that you had actually responded to....but had never actually chastised the writer for the use of capitals in their headers. I'm just the lucky one I guess mic......
I am the first to admit that reading a whole post in capitals does hurt the eyes, there was a post once that I really got into but never finished reading it because it was just too dificult to focus on the words, but as far as not being acceptable by some to highlight a title or a word in a text....now please that is going overboard, why in the hell do keyboards have a capslock key in the first damn place can I ask ?
Does it stop you reading newspapers or books when you see a heading or title in capitals....this is really crazy mate....it really is
You do such good things on here mic...and I sincerely respect you for what you do...but have you been on computers that long now that you have entwined reality with cyberspace....."shouting" ..... using the written word....do you really truly beleive that mate.
Cheers
Don