Re:The baffled geek cries out (Score 1)

This is a little off topic, but your comment about Ebonics struck a nerve with me. Ebonics contains rigid syntactic rules followed by all speakers, just as American English does. It is a misconception that Ebonics is "bad English". This just isn't true. On close examination Ebonics contains grammatical rules which are followed by all speakers. If you break those rules, native speakers will pick up on them. It is the same as with any dialect. Your comment illustrates a Bourgeois attitude towards segregated societies, and that offends me.