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Subject: Re: Moderation - Re: What are they smoking at Club Kasparov??

Author: Hans Gerber

Date: 15:11:34 06/19/00

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On June 19, 2000 at 08:51:57, Ralf Elvsén wrote:

>On June 19, 2000 at 08:01:43, Hans Gerber wrote:
>
>>On June 18, 2000 at 22:28:55, Pete R. wrote:
>>
>>>I went to their site to check out the live Frankfurt games, but couldn't seem to
>>>get anything actually moving other than the clocks.  So I decided to check out
>>>the playing zone there.  Lame!  Not only is it web-based as opposed to having a
>>>real playing client, but banner ads pop up *during* games.  What idiot thought
>>>this up?
>>
>>snip
>>
>>
>>It is apparently quite normal to call Kasparov or anyone out of his staff
>>__idiot__ here in this CCC.
>>
>>This is not consistant with the so-called moderation politics. But it reveils
>>the general attitude of computerchess people towards real chessplayers. More so
>>if it's coming along under anonymity.
>>
>>
>>Hans Gerber
>
>I see his comments as directed towards kasparovchess.com in general.
>It has nothing to do with Kasparov. We must be allowed to call a company
>"idiotic"


Mr. Pete R. wrote "idiot" not "idiotic".


>when we think it provides inferior sevices. Now, look at you
>own post: "...the general attitude of computerchess people..." Sweeping
>generalizations is a bad habit.

I have several examples for that tendency. In that case I build a theory. Of
course it's a generalization. A theory is always a generalization. Since when
this is a bad habit? The using of the word "idiot" is ok, but my theory is bad?


Hans Gerber


>
>Ralf Elvsén



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