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- From: dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
- Subject: Re: Letter to Bush
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.104554.712@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 10:45:54 EST
- References: <1992Dec22.152146.18798@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <1992Dec28.061652.15918@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Dec28.113850.688@uoft02.utoledo.edu> <1992Dec29.060811.24126@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec29.060811.24126@midway.uchicago.edu>, hau4@ellis.uchicago.edu (sven hauptfeld) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec28.113850.688@uoft02.utoledo.edu> dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
- >>> [unnecessary repost - $1k wasted - deleted]
- >>
- >>Sven, I think I see your problem here...you claim to care what happens over
- >>there.
- >
- > "Care" is certainly an understatement about the emotions of a person whose
- > country is being butchered by the army financed, among others, by the same
- > guy who sponsored the FSII match.
-
- Well Sven, the honest truth is I don't care. I have seen too many other
- countries butchering their own people, and neighboring peoples to get worked up
- anymore.
-
- Cambodia
- Vietnam
- Samolia
- Etheopia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Kuwait (AFTER we liberated them)
- Lebanon
- Los Angeles
- Checkoslovakia
- Niceraguia
- Panama
- China
- Angola
- South Africa
-
- And the beat goes on...
-
- Sorry dude. Let other countries police their own.
-
- And, I see no reason my taxes should help rebuild Los Angeles.
-
- >
- > However, "care" does accurately describe the feelings of a vast majority of
- > INFORMED (alas, they are a minority) Americans.
-
- Most Amreicans are as informed as they care to be. What you fail to see is most
- of us look at the problem, and say "Next." We ARE informed. We are fully aware
- of what is happening. Yes women are being raped. (You'd think that was somehow
- worse than the men getting killed by the way the media is playing it up.)
- Ethnic cleanisng is going on.
-
- You are equating caring with being educated. Well, being "educated" does not
- make one concerned. Being concerned makes one dwelve into the subject more and
- become more educated.
-
- I admit I have a passing interest, kind of like the way people will slow down
- to see an auto accident.
-
- Oh well.
-
- >
- >>If you took your energy used to point out how wrong our views are, and directed
- >>it towards bitching at your local congressman/congresswomyn, you MIGHT have
- >>actually achieved soemthing.
- >
- > What makes you think I haven't been doing that?
-
- You spend too much time here arguing with me. IF you believe as strongly in
- what you say you do, you would not have time to debate with me.
-
- I don't care what happens over there. So, I do have the time to debate with
- you.
-
- >
- >>I know, I know. It is easier to rant and rave and attack other people than it
- >>is to actually DO something, but it might make you a happier person in the long
- >>run if directed your energies towards MAKING a difference instead of merely
- >>WANTING a difference.
- >
- > It might not make you a happier person if you shut up, but it would definitely
- > make you a wiser one.
-
- This from a man who has shared the welath of his anaolgies and refusal to let
- the thread die.
-
- Admit it Sven, you ENJOY this thread. You like debating with me because it is
- the ONLY outlet you have for your anger. You see people being butchered. Might
- even know a few. And it builds you with rage. The government does nothing. More
- deaths. No one cares. Rape. Castration. Ethnic cleanisng. More and more and
- more reports.
-
- Nothing but powerlessnes.
-
- The Federal Government drags its feet and you are angry with them.
-
- And Bobby Fischer plays chess over there so you hate him.
-
- And the people are glad he won and you hate them.
-
- And I defend his right to do so and you hate me.
-
- I just happen to be the one you can attack.
-
- No wonder your posts have been so dysfunctional. No wonder you think that the
- Government has as much atuhority over him as over the war criminals. (Hell, you
- even satted that Fischer helped in the butcher of people by giving support to
- the Yugoslavian governemnt!)
-
- Sven, I would advise calming down and relaxing. But I know that until long
- after he killing stops, you won't be able to. So, just continue with the
- posting. If the ranting helps, hey, that's one of the reasons we have free
- speech.
-
- DMC
-
-