I said, "remember the qualifications" that Dr. Arthur C. Clarke put into his "Law." Neither he nor I said that it is an absolute.

If, Sorefingers, you want to read about a world from which academics and thinkers have been effectively banished, I recommend Miller's "A Canticle For Leibowitz."

Except for those times when I deliberately chose to ignore the rules of grammar and spelling, I prefer not to look like a fool. They are tools which enhance our ability to communicate clearly, something which is sorely needed today. Moreover, I abhor the contemporary lack of emphasis placed on grammar and spelling. I lament atrocities as "Car 4 Sale" and "ic" and "50cc3r rul3z" and "more clearer" and the decline of the comparative and the rise of the redundant phrase ("this point in time" for example).

Language is not a cudgel with which to pound blindly; it is and has always been a rapier upon which to skewer the point you wish to make.

Rapaire,
(BA, MS, and a bunch of other academic and professional credentials.)