Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 12:18:42 03/23/00
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On March 23, 2000 at 13:57:21, Fernando Villegas wrote: >On March 23, 2000 at 12:49:36, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On March 23, 2000 at 12:07:07, Fernando Villegas wrote: >> >>>On March 23, 2000 at 02:05:50, Dave Gomboc wrote: >>> >>>>On March 22, 2000 at 18:52:20, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>>> >>>>>On March 22, 2000 at 13:35:28, Dave Gomboc wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On March 22, 2000 at 09:38:37, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>Dan: >>>>>>>Each time I see you writting this kind of funny stuff, I feel this site is >>>>>>>getting better and more mature, more pleasant, more relaxed. I hope nobody will >>>>>>>have the silly idea to separate these things from chess things in a second, >>>>>>>different board because of a fundamentalist definition of this place as a sheer >>>>>>>"computer chess place". It is in the mix where the kick is. Pity that some heavy >>>>>>>squared heads does not understand that, but as much they does not ask for a >>>>>>>crusade againts lawbreakers, all is fine. >>>>>>>With LOL >>>>>>>Fernando >>>>>> >>>>>>I'm not exactly sure what you're attempting to accomplish with this message. >>>>>>Speaking for myself only, it manages to appear simultaneously complimentary and, >>>>>>well, uncomplimentary. Presumably I am misinterpreting it. >>>>>> >>>>>>Dave >>>>> >>>>>Dave: >>>>>It is completely complimentary. If you think there is something else, you are >>>>>wrong. Just remember I am not english fluent and so, sometimes, I miss the >>>>>subtilities of this fine idiom. Or it is said "language"? So I was just trying >>>>>to say thanks for a well written and funny piece of fiction. >>>>>Cheers >>>>>Fernando >>>> >>>>I'll take the time to point out a few adjectives that in the context of your >>>>message appeared as uncomplimentary to me, so that the next time you intend to >>>>say something completely complimentary, it stands a better chance of coming out >>>>that way. >>>> >>>> - silly >>>> - fundamentalist >>>> - heavy squared >>>> >>>>The next time you encounter a situation where someone in a position of group >>>>responsibility is doing their best (and mostly, I think, succeeding) to act in a >>>>way that is palatable to the group, as opposed to their personal preference, you >>>>might refrain from poking them in the eye with a stick. >>>> >>>>Dave >>> >>>Dave: >>>So you feel I did that? So I must refrain to express my thanks in an indirect >>>way due to the likelihood some adjetive is not exactly the one you want? Cannot >>>you believe just in the intention and good will of a message, as told by the >>>poster? Are you going to do a semantic scan of any sentence looking for not >>>adequate words according USA usage? I will tell you more: I was out of the city >>>- we have summer and vanacnces in february in my country- when election of >>>moderators was done and until this very day I did not try to know whom were the >>>winnin guys. So yoiu was one of them? Congratulations. Do not worry: I will drop >>>my unconscious stick and let your eyes in good health from now on. >>>Come on, David, I was and I am just trying to me amiable and nice. Forgive me; I >>>am not an USA or British citizen, just a second world spanish speaker. >>>Hasta la vista amigo >>>Fernando >> >>You said that your message was intended to be completely complimentary. Will >>said "bs" (= bullshit). I agreed, because while you complimented Dann you took >>a swipe at people who don't agree with you on how the place should be moderated. >>I think your English is good enough that you understand this. If it wasn't, you >>wouldn't have referred to 'heavy squared heads' in the first place. >> >>It was completely possible for you to express pleasure with Dann's post without >>taking a swipe at anybody. I think you just chose not to. But if you want to >>insist that it wasn't intended, fine, I'll take that at face value. >> >>Dave > >Dave: >I am glad you will take it that way. With "square heads" and the rest I was not >trying to imply nobody here in the site. Just a general word, just in case. Kind >of zoological clasification without But yes, now I see somebody could feel I was >trying to begin a war or something behind the cover of a compliment. It was not >so, believe me. I am fed up with wars, like you and every one else, even with >those that are not mine. Any case the comment by this young boy, Will, was >completely useful; nobody asked his opinion but nevertheless he run at once to >put in action his petty battery of guns, although I recognize he just shot a >little caliber bullet. Buit even so clearly HE was trying intentionally to be >rude under some light cover. Oh, what a sharp mind: BS instead of bullshit. Have >you told him so? As you must suppose what I meant, he just did his vicious >little attack without provocation, at will. Besides, you maybe should tell him >not to use special ortography for expressions that not neccesarily are of common >knowledge for people not living in your country. If he thinks what I have said >is bullshit, tell the guy to say it straight. You did it straight. I can also >say some spanish words -straight or not- about people, but that would be unfair. >By example, the word "huevón". Do not try to know what it means. You does not >have even the accents we use. So no translation available. And just a zoological >class. >Fernando I don't think Will was trying to hide behind an acronym. People actually say "BS" instead of "bullshit" quite frequently... it's not just an internet abbreviation. Anyway, I think this thread is overly long already, so I'll stop here. Dave
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