Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 07:52:44 06/05/99
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You have made some very good points. I respect you also. I was tired of seeing the large number of threads denegrate from what ever the orriginal topic was. In fact instead of being an answer to my orriginal post of 'Why do so many poster's misspell Rohde's name, became a post that could have been entitled, 'You misspell words in your post, so you have no right to ask this' or, 'you have taken an superior attlitude that you have no right to take' and so forth, Instead of anyone actually trying to tackle the actual question. Because of the glib attitude on the part of many poster's, I have got tired of this whole thing. It seemed too me, that many poster's have a mean streak in them & would purposely 'put down' any one about anything. Perhaps I'm too sensitive? I don't know. I'll try to 'lighten up' about these things, but - mrslug - probably giving up posting in the near future... On June 05, 1999 at 01:40:30, KarinsDad wrote: >On June 05, 1999 at 00:52:51, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: > >>What I do know is that some people like to make fun & be sarcastic, (for >>instance about the way I misspelled rarely), rather than add anything >>constructive to a post or thread. >> >>I know that if my name was rountinely misspelled, I wouldn't like it very much, >>(especially if I was a well know chess grandmaster, who's name is spelled >>correctly in each months issue of Chess Life, and numerous other chess >>publications). And Rohde did tell me that he hates chess newsgroups. He doesn't >>really know about this one, but I doubt his opinion would be any different about >>it, based on what goes on here. And that is why I asked about why his name is >>so often misspelled. But judging by the sad, routine, & glib fun poking even >>about this, I give up posting about this. I may well give up posting >>completely, and then I'll give up reading post, (looking for the really good >>stuff), because I'm so tired of reading all the random stuff first. No wonder >>so few want to be moderator's... >> >> > >Ok Lawrence, you've drawn me into this one. > >It's a shame that you took my comment as sarcastic as it was merely meant to be >humorous. Even you should understand that if you post a message dealing with >other people misspelling, you should not have any misspellings in your message >(unless you are purposely trying to be humorous). > >If you think that this thread you started has ANYTHING to do with computer chess >and has been constructive, then you are sadly mistaken. > >You started a serious (to you since you are his friend) thread on a subject that >has nothing to do with anything for anyone else on this forum and expected other >people to be serious as well. And so, people responded as one would expect them >to, non-seriously. > >There have been numerous occasions where people have misspelled my handle and >the only response I made with regard to that is: "That's KarinsDad :)". You even >made an Elvis comment the other day and I didn't even respond (was that a random >stuff post on your part?). > >If Mr. Rohde gets upset about how his name is spelled and was a member of this >group, I could see where he may be offended. If the posters who misspelled his >name did it on purpose (such as if I called you mrs lug :) ), I could see where >you may be offended. > >But when it comes to an accidental misspelling due to the natural inclination to >spell it Rhode, then I think you are taking this WAY too seriously and making a >mountain out of a molehill (especially with this attitude of "You guys don't >play fair, so I'm taking my ball and going home."). > >If you are tired of reading the random stuff, why did you post a random message >yourself? You cannot have it both ways. If you get bothered about other people >making mistakes, then you should not criticize them if you make mistakes >yourself. If other people posting off topic messages bothers you, then you >should not make off topic posts yourself. > >This said, I will stop this particular off topic post here and move on. > >KarinsDad :) > >PS. Lawrence, I really respect you and hope that you do not take this post as >offensive because I truly understand you being annoyed at people making a >mistake over your friend's name. But, take a deep breath nonetheless. :)
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