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> OK, I think I understand now. (Thanks Eva-Lise!) My mistake.
>
> I don't think it is fair for person B to be able to hold spelling
> (or any other criticism) against person A if person B doesn't think
> spelling is important. If you criticize based on X then you should
> be able to receive criticism based on X. If person A doesn't think
> spelling is important, they will just ignore the criticism (but
> it wouldn't be fair for person A to criticize someone else for
> spelling then).
>
> I could be wrong about this. What does everybody else think?
>
IMHO if we would just clarify our own intent (inform - persuade - etc.)
before we start writing we would make a better impact. I for one tend
to resist being open to new ideas when someone is insulting me.
Not to say that I have never done any of those things,
Marie