Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:12:28 03/23/01
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On March 23, 2001 at 18:55:25, Roy Beam wrote: >On March 23, 2001 at 08:33:39, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On March 23, 2001 at 07:47:07, Roy Beam wrote: >> >>>On March 23, 2001 at 01:01:51, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>> >>>>On March 22, 2001 at 17:16:17, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>> >>>>>Just a thought -- >>>>>Don't buy stuff from people you don't know over the internet unless you have >>>>>some powerful verification system (e.g. E-Bay seems to have some sort of >>>>>tracking mechanism, but even then I personally would not make E-Bay transactions >>>>>[being a real worry-wort]). >>>> >>>>I'm an eBay seller. I've shipped about two thousand packages to over a thousand >>>>different people. Every package has gotten where it was supposed to go, and >>>>I've had zero people ask to return merchandise. >>>> >>>>I've also bought stuff from several hundred people. I buy stuff that is very >>>>dependent upon accurate seller description. I've dealt with a few dick-heads, >>>>but I've only had one guy try outright to steal my money. Coindidentally, thi >>> >>> I don't think the use of words like Dick Head is appropriape for this forum do >>>you? Where are the moderators when you need them?? >> >>I do not know. >>I do not understand the meaning of the word dick-heads and I usually do not look >>at the dictionary unless I need to know the meaning of the word in order to >>understand the post and it is not the case here. >> >>I understood from the context that it is something like bad guys. >> >>The only reason to delete this post is the fact that it is off topic post but it >>is not the first off topic post in the dscussion. >> >>If I am elected to be a moderator then I am going to delete off topic >>discussions like it unless the other moderators disagree about the idea not to >>let off topic discussions in this computer chess club. >> >>People who want to discuss off topic subjects with members of this club should >>start the discussion by posting also a link to another forum and the discussion >>can be continued in another forum(Mogens forum is a possible option). >> >>Uri > > > Mr. Uri > > Your Statement is such outreageous Poppycock, that I will not even dignify it >with a lengthy response, suffice is to say that it is clear to any intelligent >person here that you are simply ignoring, what you know to be bad language >simply because the Indivisual using that language was Bruce Moreland, who did to >his credit atleast admitt that it was not proprer language,, and stated that it >was out of chracter for him to do so. I remember not to far in the distant past >that the entire group jumped on an indivisual for using a innocent metaphor, i >think it was " I beat him like a step child,", as a figure of speech to tell how >badly he beat his chess program. It surprising that no one consideres Bruce >Moreland's use of the word "Dick Head", as offensive, Yet using a common folk >metaphor such as "beat it like a step child", to illustrate a compelling victory >over a chess program was universally condemned here. It clearly demonstrates >one reality about CCC, which is.... it doesn't matter what you say, that counts >at CCC, But who you are when you say it.!! You are correct. And when _you_ say something, we will continue to delete the accounts. I think everyone can figure out who you are.
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