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Subject: Re: In defence of Kasparov

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:05:29 01/15/00

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On January 15, 2000 at 01:39:00, george petty wrote:

>On January 15, 2000 at 00:28:15, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On January 14, 2000 at 19:03:30, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Saying "I agree" (or so) is also an opnion and therefore is of value.
>>>
>>>Not so?
>>>
>>>Ed
>>
>>Not if you make 20 posts in one day, and every one says "I agree".  All on
>>the same topic.  All on the same side of the argument. They cease to become
>>valuable, and sink to becoming noise.
>
> That is also your opinion.  You are alot more wordiness than I am.  I try to
> get to the point without being in excess. Again I hope you take this right.
> One of the best ways of letting people know what one thinks is, to tell them
> if you agree with them. If you don't, then explain why. You don't have to
> read my posts.


That is a mistaken view.  "I agree" is "not getting to the point".  It doesn't
make any point.  You can "agree" by not saying a word, since most that disagree
do say something.



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