Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 16:18:24 11/19/00
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On November 19, 2000 at 13:10:26, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On November 19, 2000 at 12:10:02, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On November 19, 2000 at 10:09:12, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On November 19, 2000 at 07:34:52, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>>I don't follow. >>>> >>>>I suspected that much. >>>> >>>>>I put "moderation" in the subject, and told Thorsten >>>>>to cut it out. >>>> >>>>You said as moderator he had to stop talking because he said something he didn't >>>>know about in your opinion. >>> >>> >>>No I didn't. >> >>Yes you did. >> >>Jeroen was 100% right in his previous posting. >> >>Ed > >http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?139458 > >Technically, you are right, and so is Jeroen. In the direct ancestor post, bob >told him "You don't understand what is going on, so please keep your mouth shut >about it." That was pretty much the whole thing. > >This could have been easily predicted. We have some posters who aren't perfect, >they are like cars that backfire every once in a while. Thorsten is an obvious >example. Bob is another one. Both of them write from upon emotion, and Bob's >particular problem is that he leaves himself open to counter-attack. > >http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?139680 > >This is more like what Bob would have said, had he been playing postal-CCC and >not blitz-CCC. > >I don't think "you know nothing about this" is a reason to stop a poster from >posting, at least not a regular one who has shown that he does know something >about something else, at least. The fact that it's off-topic and apt to start a >large and angry argument is a much better reason, and one we can probably agree >is enough reason for it not to be discussed here. > >I voted for Bob (and many other people, not just three) as a moderator this time >knowing full well that this stuff would happen. I figured that if he was >willing to put up with abuse for six months in order to do a thankless and >unpaid job, I would happily put up with Bob for six months. > >I would vote for you and Jeroen, too, and would love to have the opportunity. > >bruce I have voted for Bob too and apparently you know Bob much better than I do. My vote for Bob was based on the excellent job he had done at the time of the start of CCC all the way back to 1997. Ed
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