Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 11:51:10 10/31/00
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On October 30, 2000 at 20:24:58, stuart taylor wrote: >This four letter word (S--- in the heading) is not one which I was brought up to >tolerate, and I would have expected it to be an issue for moderator rejection. Sick means "krank" in german. it means somebody is ill. he has something that stops him from working in normal parameters range (if you want to talk in computer language). I don't think it is offensive if my opinion is that he has a psychological desease, i name it in the specific term volker elis pilgrim (a german psychologist) calls it: motherson. what is the problem you have with that ? we talked about kasparov and why he loses this way and makes draws after a few moves etc... it was not meant to offend you. sick=krank is a normal word in german, isn't it in english ? is ill better usage than sick ?! sorry, but i am no native english speaker, correct me please if i am not using the wrong words here. >I find it very offensive, and I would not want to read material which may >contain such language. maybe you should complain to the moderators if you believe it hurts you. > I would appreciate any help. yes - thats maybe the best you can do. >Thanks! >S.Taylor
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