Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 06:36:59 02/20/04
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On February 19, 2004 at 22:49:46, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >On February 19, 2004 at 22:34:20, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 19, 2004 at 12:10:49, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >> >>>On February 18, 2004 at 11:40:59, Matthew Hull wrote: >>> >>>[snip] >>> >>> >>>>Only in the small world of Europe. >>> >>> >>>This is just one of the outstanding pinnacles of wisdom one can read >>>occasionally here. What you wrote makes me wonder if Enrique Irazoqui's words >>>about CCC being "nonsensical" most of the time were an understatement. I also >>>sincerely hope that you were joking when you commmitted to paper this profound >>>statement. >>> >>>Djordje >> >> >>I think that "conceptually" he is correct. CCT stands to become much more >>important than the Paderborn event. Just count the number of participants. >>Count the number of countries represented. Count the _new_ blood that is >>encouraged by a competition they can actually afford to attend. If you are >>taking issue with "the small world of Europe" that's a different story, of >>course, but CCT is no longer an event to ignore... >> >>Regardless of what a "few" might say, of course... > > >I am sure that you understood what my issue was about -- the phrase that >referred to "the small world of Europe" which sounded very wrong and untrue to >say the least. The statements were somewhat exaggerated as a foil to the previous poster, who seems to think that these events are much more important than they really are, and who implies by the haughtiness of his discourse that "this is where it's at, and if you ain't part of it, you are nothing". >As for CCT, I fully agree with what was said and the points you >brought up all make sense to me as well. However, what I fear is that the >infelicitous phrase was actually used in earnest... > >Please try to reverse the point of view and imagine a European referring to the >USA as 'the small world of the USA...etc.' Wouldn't you feel a little hurt and >depreciated? I am sure that most of us from "over here" felt that way reading >the post I reacted to.
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