CAPS

IN A POST WRITTEN THIS MORNING, I ASKED IF ANYONE KNEW THE WHEREABOUTS OF AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE,A WOMAN WHO HAS(HAD) LIVED IN ZIPOLITE FOR OVER 40 YEARS. I ENDED THE POST BY WISHING EVERYONE IN ZIPOLITE AND PUERTO ANGEL
MUCH HAPPINESS. "ME LLAMO GERONIMO Y ESPERO FELICIDADES PARA TODO LOS GENTES EN ZIPOLITE Y PUERTO ANGEL."
I HAVE LIVED/VISITED IN PUERTO SINCE 1974 AND AM VERY FOND OF THE PEOPLE HERE.
IN A REPLY TO THE POST AN HOUR LATER, THE RESPONDENT INFORMED ME THAT MY FRIEND WAS PROBABLY IN THE USA.
HE ALSO TOOK TIME OUT OF HIS BUSY DAY TO OBJECT TO THE FORM IN WHICH IT HAD BEEN WRITTEN. CAPITAL LETTERS.
CAPITAL LETTERS ARE RUDE AND HAVE NO PLACE IN MESSAGING, HE ADMONISHED.
IN HIS ZEAL TO POINT OUT MY BLUNDER HE HAS CHOSEN FORM OVER CONTENT. HE TRAMPLES ON MY GESTURE OF GOOD WILL
TO DELIVER A LECTURE? @#$%& YOU. IN CAPITAL LETTERS.

and, so it goes...

GEE! I LIKE CAPS.
MY WIFE IS ALWAYS YELLING AT ME ANYHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GEE!!! I LIKE CAPS BECAUSE THEY HAVE DISCERNIBLE BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS. MY WIG, ALAS, IS WITHOUT

THOSE PROPERTIES AND CAUSES ME MUCH CONSTERNATION. I NEVER KNOW IF I'M COMING OR GOING.

JOE TORRE, WHO IS BALDING HIMSELF, RECENTLY WEIGHED IN ON THE SUBJECT. "A WHIG? NEVER!! THE TORRE'S HAVE

BEEN TRADITIONALISTS FOREVER, AND THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE!!!!!!!! JOE IS MUCH MORE CEREBRAL THAN I THOUGHT......

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAPS ARE MORE POPULAR THAN I THOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I see that there is a place to "hide messages from this user".

If he's always yelling out his message and won't change, then that's a solution. I don't put up with people yelling at me on forums or on the street no matter how "positive" the words they are yelling are.

If the one who insists on CAPS thinks that form is unrelated to content, he should try asking for help while yelling at those he asks. He'll find that the first thing they say is not "how can I help you" but "please stop yelling at me".