From: Iain Strachan (iain.strachan@eudoramail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 23 2000 - 20:57:10 EST
Glenn wrote:
>NOTHING (sorry Iain)
<snip!>
>admitting DNA
(aw, shucks, no apology ?)
<snip!>
>will all come to the same OBJECTIVE (sorry Iain)
<snip!>
>>Heck, SETI
(oops! missed another one ;-)
<snip!>
>only be able to detect aliens IF (sorry Iain)
ok ok i get the message. i will concede that there really isn't a
problem with using capital words to emphasise _individual_ words,
though netiquette still suggests underscores.
BUT WHEN YOU PUT THE ENTIRE SENTENCE IN CAPITAL LETTERS AND THEN
CONCLUDE WITH SEVERAL EXCLAMATION MARKS, IT APPEARS VERY "IN YOUR
FACE" AND OFFENSIVE !!!
(see what i mean?)
Think of it this way (o dear you can tell I've been reading Dembski;
that's one of his favourite phrases). The reason we use CAPS or
_underscores_ is because many email programs don't support italics.
In a book you might well see italics on individual words, or perhaps
a short phrase, in order to draw attention to the importance of that
word, just as you would emphasise it when you speak. But you don't
see entire sentences italicized, unless for a specific purpose (such
as a flashback in a novel, or if the character in question is
shouting).
iain
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