Grammar Nazi

[curiousguy221]

i understand what you mean (while i am known to correct others, my grammar is still far from perfect, at least when writing in this sort of thing. i never use words like 'lol' or anything like that though)

[smc]

Originally Posted by curiousguy221

i understand what you mean (while i am known to correct others, my grammar is still far from perfect, at least when writing in this sort of thing. i never use words like 'lol' or anything like that though)

Well, I still don't know what you think about my long post. But if you agree, perhaps you would send a PM to a moderator (I am no longer a moderator) and request that the title of the thread be changed.

[curiousguy221]

i think you have a point, and i agree. but i find that overall, 'Grammar Nazi' is just a better term to use for the title. i did think about it before posting, and i decided that 'Grammar Police' seemed too weak a title for such a post. i understand that the term 'Grammar Nazi' does have bad connotations, i have had trouble with Neo-Fascists in the past (some with racial leanings and some without). i think most people will not be offended by the title, but i offer my sincere apologies to anyone who is.

[smc]

Originally Posted by curiousguy221

i think you have a point, and i agree. but i find that overall, 'Grammar Nazi' is just a better term to use for the title. i did think about it before posting, and i decided that 'Grammar Police' seemed too weak a title for such a post. i understand that the term 'Grammar Nazi' does have bad connotations, i have had trouble with Neo-Fascists in the past (some with racial leanings and some without). i think most people will not be offended by the title, but i offer my sincere apologies to anyone who is.

Sorry, and with all due respect, you DON'T agree with my point. If you did, there is no way you could then go on to state that despite the "bad connotations" of the term you think it is a "better term to use for the title," since that view completely cancels out any claim of agreement.

Count me among the offended.

[curiousguy221]

Originally Posted by smc

Sorry, and with all due respect, you DON'T agree with my point. If you did, there is no way you could then go on to state that despite the "bad connotations" of the term you think it is a "better term to use for the title," since that view completely cancels out any claim of agreement.

Count me among the offended.

then i offer my sincere apologies.

[smc]

Originally Posted by curiousguy221

then i offer my sincere apologies.

I'd rather you rescinded your agreement than issue an apology, because the issue of clarity with what words mean -- and the long-term societal impact of using such charged terms inappropriately -- was the entire point of my post. Clearly, you don't see it that way.

Does anyone else agree that the word Nazi is offensive in this context? Many will read, we know, but few will post either way. I encourage those who do to say so.

[curiousguy221]

Originally Posted by smc

I'd rather you rescinded your agreement than issue an apology, because the issue of clarity with what words mean -- and the long-term societal impact of using such charged terms inappropriately -- was the entire point of my post. Clearly, you don't see it that way.

Does anyone else agree that the word Nazi is offensive in this context? Many will read, we know, but few will post either way. I encourage those who do to say so.

i do not think the word is offensive in this context. the National Socialists were well known for their restrictive behavior and general controlling nature. making fun of the Nazi's is not offensive in my view. making light of what they did certainly is.

and i think you are right in that apparently i do not agree with you, though i do see your point.

[GRH]

Originally Posted by curiousguy221

i understand what you mean (while i am known to correct others, my grammar is still far from perfect, at least when writing in this sort of thing. i never use words like 'lol' or anything like that though)

I was going to point out the irony of someone claiming to be a stickler for proper grammar who doesn't bother to capitalize proper nouns (i.e. "I") or use punctuation.

[curiousguy221]

Originally Posted by GRH

I was going to point out the irony of someone claiming to be a stickler for proper grammar who doesn't bother to capitalize proper nouns (i.e. "I") or use punctuation.

i menat in more of a spoken fashion (i'm rubbish with computers), but i don't think of myself as over concerned with grammar, everyone else seems to think i do though. i mostly correct pronunciation and usage.

[smc]

Originally Posted by curiousguy221

i menat in more of a spoken fashion (i'm rubbish with computers), but i don't think of myself as over concerned with grammar, everyone else seems to think i do though. i mostly correct pronunciation and usage.

I can't help but wonder: what is your point with starting this thread? I ask that in all seriousness.

[curiousguy221]

Originally Posted by smc

I can't help but wonder: what is your point with starting this thread? I ask that in all seriousness.

i was called a 'Grammar Nazi' a few days ago and i wondered if anyone else felt that they were, had been called something similar or knew someone else they would class as such.

If you don't mind me joining, here, even though a bit late. I think we all have to remember how absolutly abominable an event the Shoah was in particular, and WW2 in general. We're talking about the worst mass murder event in a history already horrific in itself with incessant blood sheds and carnages, cities demolished to the ground, entire populations wiped, women and children taken in slavery, etc, etc, etc. That's, in my opinion (and i don't think i'm being too unfaithfull to smc's view on this), the focal point of the matter. We're talking about such a terrible, unparalleled event, it's almost beyond comprehension. I apologize if i seem over zealeous in words, here, but the historical reality is such indeed that it defies expression. (Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan are not just movies). That is why, in my opinion, the word "nazi" should never be used lightly, and especially not for any futile object. It has become almost a farcical commonplace applied to anything, and it's terrible. We have to remember what's at stake here to this very day, we have to remember the horror nazisim caused to the world and the sacrifices we've had to make to overcome it. It's part of who we are now. Young or old, we should never fail to remember. Our use of words in such matters is symptomatic of our historical consciousness.

curiousguy221, i know you weren't malintentioned in all of this. But once again i agree with smc: we should close this thread...

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by curiousguy221

i was called a 'Grammar Nazi' a few days ago and i wondered if anyone else felt that they were, had been called something similar or knew someone else they would class as such.

As you can see, there are varying degrees of grammar nazis. If you are a grammar nazi, what would you call someone who is even more of a grammar nazi than you?