This is a very good point, and I think is part of the problem in implementing a no-SMS policy.

I personally dislike SMS (things such as cu, u, ur, l8r) but abbreviations such as IMHO and BTW don't seem nearly as offensive to me. I'm not sure why. Perhaps because they are abbreviations for multiple words rather than ugly shorthand for single words. Or perhaps it's just because people were using them long before SMS took the thing to such extremes.

But this is a very good point and something that is very important for everyone who is opposed to SMS to consider: Where do we draw the line? Is IMHO (In My Humble Opinion) and BTW (By The Way) ok? What about RTFM? How do we define what isn't acceptable and/or draw the line without being completley arbitrary?

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Craig Steiner
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