Is the internet dooming spelling?

I read one of prof. macek's posts on the internet dooming spelling, but I think it's really Word and spell check that's ruining it.

on the internet, all the preteens seem to spell things in the strangest ways (teen slang?), and think they're sooooo cool doing it (really, they just look like idiots).

but it's just a phase.  they grow out of it eventually and learn to spell correctly.

but in Word, when we type a paper and misspell a word, it underlines it in red, and can tell us how to actually spell it.

and that's what's dooming spelling


we don't need to remember to spell correctly, because spell check will just do that for us! :D