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Subject: Re: Not impressed with Hydra: Crafty would Crush Hydra in tourney

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 17:32:49 02/19/04

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On February 19, 2004 at 20:24:27, Arturo Ochoa wrote:

>On February 18, 2004 at 21:43:44, Bob Durrett wrote:
>
>>On February 18, 2004 at 21:25:14, Arturo Ochoa wrote:
>>
>>>On February 18, 2004 at 15:45:09, Russell Reagan wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 18, 2004 at 14:01:31, Arturo Ochoa wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>The reason why Diep did not showed up ay CCT6 was I could not operate Diep
>>>>>during that weekend. Vincent could not operate it either.
>>>>>
>>>>>Perhaps, you are fullful of free time, but I must have a fulltime job in
>>>>>Venezuela to get a good salary.
>>>>
>>>>Oh, well in that case, I completely understand that you can't take off work for
>>>>two or three days and spend zero money. Hyatt on the other hand, there is
>>>>clearly something wrong with that guy for not taking off two weeks of work and
>>>>paying several thousand dollars to participate in a circus. How could I not see
>>>>this so clearly before? Thanks Arturo for clearing things up for me.
>>>
>>>First of all, I dont what you mean of "that guy for not taking off two weeks of
>>>work and paying several thousand dollars to participate in a circus". I have not
>>>written anything similar to that. Could tell me what are you talking about?
>>>
>>>Well, you are as bad as concluding things as a Circus Director. Sorry, but you
>>>misunderstood everything as always... Well, if you lived in Venezuela or if you
>>>read the news around the world, you can understand what I am saying. Living in
>>>USA is difficult to understand what the Venezuelan Situation means.
>>>
>>>Thanks, Russell for your absurd conclusion and to make more confused one single
>>>declaration.
>>
>>We all have the same problem:  "Our perceptions are mostly imaginary." I,
>>personally, suspect that there is not a single human on this planet who is
>>immune to this malady.  We all imagine mis-intentions and mis-thoughts which
>>mostly are not there at all.
>>
>
>I dont have a problem of perception. It seems to be that I said something that
>it was taken as another thing or in a war that it is boring to follow. Using the
>"polite" sentences of Hyatt: who cares?

Chalk it up to a communication problem.  A misunderstanding.  That's what it all
really is.  There is a fine line between humor and "attacking" and sometimes one
is intended and the other perceived.

>
>>Anyway, life's realities do seem to get in the way sometimes.  We cannot all go
>>to every tournament we would like to go to.  But there is plenty of interesting
>>data coming out of the tournaments, so that data should keep everybody busy.
>>
>>Bob D.
>
>Well, I agree. However, what happened if you drew an imprudent conclusion
>without enough data such as "Crafty crushes Hydra" when it has not been seen the
>first Match that can prove that?

Try to see the humor in outrageous assertions like "Crafty crushes Hydra."  No
one should take such a sentence seriously.  It is obvious intended humor.

Anyway, let's drop this thread.  It's hardly worth beating a dead horse.
Everybody has apologized and that should be enough.  : )

Bob D.



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