Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 12:11:29 01/26/02
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On January 26, 2002 at 07:06:23, David Rasmussen wrote: >On January 24, 2002 at 21:19:05, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>>>> >>>>>in america everything is about the money .if getting into chess would make you >>>>>very rich or at least get you say $90,000 + yearly , americans would plow the >>>>>russians or any one else over . but the situation is that unless you are the >>>>>best of the best of the best , you are going to be the broke of the broke maybe >>>>>the brokest .if the big money is not there ,then the smartest will go into >>>>>something like a DR and make more in a year then he would have made in a life >>>>>time at chess . >>>> > >Why would americans plow any one over, even if money was involved? There is no >more chess talent per citizen in the US than anywhere else. I think there are >many countries that have a better culture for making good chess playes. It is >not about money at all. And even if it is, there are _many_ _many_ countries >where there is a far bigger percentage of people that have "enough" money to >have a good life, than the US. The US has a lot of poor people. Many countries >don't. > >/David In America it is a very strong part of the culture to believe, "America is the greatest country on Earth."
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