Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 18:30:24 02/22/99
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Actually I think I meant this post to be a reply to Bishopg. Sorry I hit the reply button on Michael instead... mrslug On February 22, 1999 at 21:08:23, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >This is a catch 22. If you listen to Fischer's voice & rantings about the >'Dirty Jews', you will understand how deaply offended I was. (I'd like to think >I'd be that offended and angry even if I wasn't Jewish, but I don't know), but >it was a mistake for me to listen to his ranting, and I don't encourage anyone >else to either, if they wish to avioud being hurt so deeply. > >I do know that there was a holocust, that around 10 million Jews, polish, and >other's perrished horribly in it, and that these horrible things in human >history begin with just the words of SICK, RACIST character's like Fischer who >claim their was no holocust, and influence those on the 'fringe', especially the >young into believing that too. And hating other groups irrationally follows... > >Now just think about something very important in your life that was influenced >by someone you didn't before know anything about. But that person brought you >into what you were involved with today. For example, let's say you had a >teacher that led you into loving music and making it your career as an example. >Than you find out that this orriginal person was a horible, horible human being, >or at the very best, had become a horibly SICK human being, and was saying >slanderous things about you or your race. Even without him saying bad stuff >about you directly, he/she was saying this evil, horible stuff about your whole >race. Can you truly say that you would feel quite the same about music as you >did before? Certainly I will always love chess and be glad I took it up, but >like John Lennon's music after his tragic death, I can never listen to that >song, or play over that game with quite the same nieve enthusiam. My sadness is >that a deranged lunatic took him out of this world, and because of that there >will be no more John Lennon music. Of course, I still Love John Lennen's music, >and Bobby Fischer's very brilliant chess games, but at the same time I am deeply >saddened that Bobby Fischer has become at best a deranged lunatic, and at worst >a sane man who has become an extreme racist. He had so much potential even >after becoming World Chess Champion, and I am sad that that was lost too. > >And definately, my thoughts are affected by the course of these sad & tragic >events in our world... > >mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! > > >On February 22, 1999 at 18:29:19, Michael Ginat wrote: > >>On February 22, 1999 at 07:07:37, bishopg wrote: >> >>>I agree that Fischer seems somewhat paranoid, but it sounds as if his charges >>>are not exactly groundless. At least Torre, who has some first hand testimony >>>to the facts, appears to side with Bobby. Maybe when you're reading over his >>>games and you think negatively of BF, you should also question the integrity of >>>the publisher. >> >>I haven't listened to all his charges - would you care to enlighten me on which >>of them "are not exactly groundless"? >> >>Also, I don't see your point on reading over his games...integrity of the >>publisher. >> >>Michael Ginat
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