Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:55:11 06/26/01
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On June 26, 2001 at 10:32:59, Chris Carson wrote: >Ok, you guys win. Last year I was under personal attack and said I would stop >posting. I was asked to reconsider, which I did. I was wrong. > >I have been asked: Why not stop this. Go find the post, it was written less >than 12 hours ago. > >I have told that my opinions are offensive. Well fine, I have other things to >do. > >This is my final post. I will offend no one any longer. I will not present a >view that some may find offensive. I will not defend any more statements with >data. I will not post anymore "distasteful" posts. > >I will continue to read here, but this is my final post. I wish you all well, I >have no complaint or grudge against anyone. > >Peace and best wishes to you all. > >I will update Tony's page after the chess tiger match. I have a few additional >historical games added to my database as well. If you find additional games, >e-mail me. I will add them regardless of the results. 40/2 only (I have not >decided what to do with the New FIDE time controls and I will not initiate or >join a discussion on that or any other topic. > >Some of you wanted me gone or silent. Good bye. > >Best Regards, >Chris Carson I would simply suggest that you grow a thicker skin. network messages and news and email are different than face-to-face communication. Realize that and lose some of the "sensitivity". Once you realize that the other person might be "smiling" just as easily as he might be "grimacing" you realize that you have to read everything in several different "lights" before you understand what he really meant. If you don't learn to cope with the difference between face-to-face and electronic (delayed) communication, you are going to miss out on a lot of enjoyable things. Don't assume everything is an insult. Ask "did he answer in a short way because he was pissed at me? because he thought my question was stupid? or was he just very busy?" If someone says "you are a jackass" then you can assume he is insulting you unless he happens to love jackasses. But if someone says "your idea is stupid" then he may think you are perfectly reasonable but that idea is not. That doesn't have to be "personal".
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