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- From: ed@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (edward.m.hummel)
- Subject: Re: this has got to stop
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 20:56:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.205600.24303@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
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- Jeffrey C. Ely writes:
- >Please, everybody just ignore this asshole. The inference people
- >fail to make which keeps this guy around is that *only an idiot*
- >would behave this way!
-
- Feel free to say what you want, Jeff, but this tactic is pretty
- silly. A more effective way to deal with someone with whom you
- disagree is to address their arguments. Attacking the person is
- best saved as a last resort when the argument appears lost. I
- don't think you mean to imlpy that DMC has won the argument.
-
- >That means that it is a waste of time dealing with him. And I
- >dont mean it is a waste of time because you wont convince himn he
- >is an idiot, that is already obvious. What I mean is it is a
- >waste of time dealing with him because his opinion is
- >worthless. WHO CARES WHAT THIS GUY THINKS!!
-
- I, for one, care what he thinks.
-
- Since when has it become necessary to supply "proof" of chess
- ability before being "allowed" to post an argument. I certainly
- hope this newsgroup is open to contributions on chess-related topics
- from all sorts of people: from beginners to GMs, and even from
- non-players.
-
- In any case, the original point seemed to be about the motives of
- some of our top players. If the point of the analysis (e.g., that
- done by Benjamin) was to persuade others that Fischer's playing
- strength had greatly diminished, people should be able to make up
- their own minds as to whether they are persuaded or not. To say
- that the argument must be true because Benjamin is a better chess
- player than DMC (or someone else is better than DMC, or DMC doesn't
- know how the pieces move, or DMC is an idiot) seems to be straying
- from the point. The argument (and analysis) wasn't meant to be
- addressed to just the top players. Apparently, DMC wasn't
- persuaded and it caused him (and/or Don) to question their
- motives. What's the big deal? It doesn't seem people are trying
- to persuade DMC any longer; rather they seem to be just castigating
- him in the hope that others won't pay him any attention. Some of
- us can see through that.
-
- Ed Hummel
-