there's another phrase "if u don't laugh, u cry", i think that applies here. the fact that people can get so worked up over something as meaningless as punctuation is frankly amusing. your example - presumably ment to exaggerage the point - was absolutely fine by me, i had no trouble reading it. calling it common courtesey is just stupid. as long as u can read and have a basic grasp of the english language, it should be no trouble. calling people uneducated for using it and then giving the impression u can't understand it is a complete contradiction.