No.
Since I determine the Queen's English I may demote you to a comma. ![Wink ;)](http://www.intensitysquared.com/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
So? A comma is simply a semicolon without a period. I'm perfectly fine with that.
Also, that smiley face in your post would look like ,) if I didn't exist. It's the mysterious winking (now blind) one-eyed man. I guess that's what happens when you challenge
![Litigious is BRAVE! :viking:](http://www.intensitysquared.com/Smileys/default/Viking.gif)
to a duel.