"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:uIAjd.71234$R05.48473@attbi_s53...
The ability to read and write doesn't "help a person to make an
intelligent decision"?

No, of course it doesn't. Plenty of illiterate people around the world make
perfectly reasonable decisions every day.

That is, quite possibly, the single most absurd conclusion I've *ever*
read on Usenet.

Not even close.

Congratulations!

Your praise is unwarranted.