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Tuesday, November 09, 2004
the quest: abolish [c]apitalizationso, for a while now, i think it started while i was in hong kong, i've refrained from using capitals (majuscules) in my writing. as i contemplate my rationalizations for my actions, i've come up with the following reasons i use lowercase (minuscules).
- encourages divisions
- alienates persons without degrees, higher education
- asseses human value to degrees, knowledge, personal accomplishments
- confusing rules as to when capitalization is used
- lowercase text flows, allowing the eye to maintain a single line, not jumping
as the word, obviously, finds it root in the etymology of the term "capital" (see below), this is yet another reason why i distrust and would rather not use this form of writing. written chinese contains, in my limited knowledge, no more important words than others.
according to the wiki, "[t]he full rules of capitalization for [e]nglish are complicated and have changed over time, generally to capitalize fewer terms; to the modern reader, an 18th century document seems to use initial capitals excessively. [i]t is an important [ism supporting] function of [e]nglish style guides to describe the complete current rules."
wiki: capitalism
[t]he lexical roots of the word capital reveal roots in the trade and ownership of animals. [t]he [l]atin root of the word capital is capitalis, from the proto-[i]ndo-[e]uropean kaput, which means "head", this being how wealth was measured. [t]he more heads of cattle, the better. [t]he terms chattel (meaning goods, animals, or slaves) and even cattle itself also derive from this same origin.
[t]he lexical connections between animal trade and economics can also be seen in the names of many currencies and words about money: fee (faihu), rupee (rupya), buck (a deerskin), pecuniary (pecu), stock (livestock), and peso (pecu or pashu) all derive from animal-trade origins.
[o]ften thought of as the "father of capitalist thinking," [a]dam [s]mith himself ne ver used the term. [h]e described his own preferred economic system as "the system of natural liberty."
[t]hough popular with [m]arxists, the word "capitalism" was in fact not used by [k]arl [m]arx, who only spoke about capital, to refer to the social relationship between owners (capitalists) and workers (proletarians); although it is not completely clear who used the word in its current, systemic context first, it was coined and introduced into the economic discourse by [w]erner [s]ombart in his 1906 classic, [m]odern [c]apitalism.
recognizing that english has changed and continues to change, who then will join my campaign? (1)
notes:
1. in the spirit of mutual aid, i will personally feed and clothe derek bontrager as his job and identity, with the loss of capitalization (not punctuation mind you!), will be severly, but not completely diminished. derek, you are welcome at my home.
posted by joel @ 1:44 PM
