Grammatically Incorrect for a Reason: "i"

Hey kids, do you want to recreate the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark when the ark is opened?  Ask your grammar/English teacher why the word "i" should be capitalized.  Do not accept answers like: because that is the way it is or because the books say so.  Follow up with the question if they think it should be capitalized based off of the available information (convention is not an acceptible answer here)

The fact is that all grammatical rules are kind of arbitrary.  They were instituted, in many cases, centuries ago - but does that make them right?  i say there should be some logical underpinning for grammatical rules and exceptions. 

i do not like to capitalize the word "i" but for different reasons.  What makes "i" so special?  Let's come up with a few semi-logical arguments why the word "i" should not be capitalized...

* "i" is a pronoun. Why aren't "me" and "myself" capitalized too - they refer to the same noun. 

* Outside of religious references "Him" (etc) other pronouns are not afforded this importance level. Are the grammar teachers trying to put me on the same elevated importance as a diety?  i know if anyone asks if i'm a god i should say yes (Ghostbusters taught me that).

* One of the reason i saw was that it prevented misreadings on early manuscripts - surely this primitive convention should not be taken as seriously in the modern age.  What next, are people still trying to convince me that "whom" is still a real word (especially in the modern lexicon)?


The bottom line is that grammar matters a little in the real world.  However, for the most part it will be overlooked by everyone but professional editors - unless it is really bad (like text/im/online speak).  If you can get your point across without making the reader cringe, you did your job.  Even the biggest stickler for grammatical rules is typically not great at using them in their own writing/correspondence.  i guess they don't like to acknowledge that the vast majority of communication is done at the colloquial level (where different rules apply).