Author: Will Singleton
Date: 16:27:03 08/30/99
Go up one level in this thread
On August 30, 1999 at 17:05:21, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >On August 30, 1999 at 16:45:59, Will Singleton wrote: > >>On August 30, 1999 at 16:16:50, Zachariah Amela wrote: >> >>>I wasn't aware of any such post. Can anyone clue me in? Thanks. >> >>It was a case of Thorsten making a comment about wife-beating being ok. >>However, he didn't mean it that way, it was used very clumsily to illustrate an >>unrelated point. But other members felt it was inappropriate, so the whole >>thread got nixed. >> >>Fernando's complaint is unwarranted, since very few posts have been removed by >>the current mods (certainly less than during my term). He therefore appears to >>argue for zero removals, which is not possible under the terms of the club. >> >>So I don't understand his position. But I would appreciate a bit less cultural >>haughteur, and a bit more tolerance of others' legitimate concerns. >> >>Will > > >If the battered wife syndrome was brought up, it was not a matter of cultural >hauteur (watch the spelling) stemming from Fernando, as the battered wife >syndrome is a typically Anglo-Saxon syndrome. Thus, it has nothing whatsoever >to do with Santiago de Chile. If Thorsten's illustration was clumsy, it did not >merit a deletion but well-worded criticism. We are all clumsy from time to >time, aren't we? > > >Rather baffled, >Djordje Well, I like my spelling better. The right way looks like some crazy foreign word. :) Actually, I was referring to Fernando's current critique (not Thorsten's difficulties) in which he generally disdains American sensibilities, as he interprets them. So you misunderstood me; but, we all do that from time-to-time, no? Will
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.