Passing Judgement

I belong to a writers forum and a member was in our thread for "members feedback". Not knowing what I now know, I proceeded to give him feedback on an article that he had written, and I go on and on about grammatical errors, punctuation, and not taking a breath regarding his ongoing run-on sentences and the words he used appeared to be suitable for instant messaging or chat rooms, rather than for a writers forum that was known for "where knowledge rules."

After reading some of his profile, I now know that this person was a young man who had seen hard times, had been incarcerated, and he even admitted that he did not receive the proper education, but he was educated in a way only he can realize. He wrote and I copied and pasted this just as he wrote it.

"I believe that nomatter how u spell a word or punctuate wat u say (by puttin it on paper) as long as u get tha point across and those who dont understand may be on another level whether its lower or higher and to be higher that will make them smarter and to be smarter than most makes u dumber then all unless ur wise and even if ur wise u can still be a fool and to be a fool only makes u dumb as long as ur not stupid cause then u r unable to learn like the rest but live okay in ur own way and if that makes u happy then phuk tha world cause thats what life is doing wat completes u"

He is so right!!

So, I have judged you rather harshly. I really feel badly because I judged you and I don't really know you, nor will I ever. What makes this really sad is that I used to talk like you. I understand "tha wy u conver." So holla!! Keep writing because you really do have a lot to say.