Author: Don Dailey
Date: 21:20:26 05/06/98
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On May 06, 1998 at 22:11:58, Fernando Villegas wrote: > > >The original reason for all of us to be here was chess computers. >However, at less you are pretty cold or /and unsociable people, sooner >or later a second, powerful reason, becomes part of the fun: just to >meet human beings that not only share your interest, but are intelligent >and even witty. I don t want to flatter any one in particular, just to >say what is obvious to any who read all that is write here. Then, if >you share with me that this is at least a good additional reason to >expend some time in CCC, then maybe we shoudl give a thought to the idea >expressed here by some poster that Chris Wittington should return here. >I tried to remember if Chris was expelled or if he renounced or if he >renounced to avoid being expelled, but what is important is that his >posts and even his sarcasms were part of the richness -sometimes harsh, >yes- if this club. Specially I miss him now that I know he has reassumed >the work in CSTAL. I would like he was here to tell us what a heck is >doing, in the first place. So, I support the idea of a voting decision >about that. Some peace should prevail here, but some dose of war is good >and Chris is a good provider of this last one...:-) Of course, if Mr >Wittington does not want to be here, then I am telling nonsense and I am >the kind of stupid guy that hopes a happy end even in french movies. >Fernando Hi Fernando, I have no idea what happened to Chris or what he did to get expelled or if he quit etc. So I don't have an opinion in his case. But I do find it very annoying to see a constant argument go on, (with almost no content) back and forth where you can see each side is ready to blow. Sometimes these kind of posts dominate and sometimes they do not. But I think it very clearly degrades the level of the newsgroup. I am never thinking what a great rich group this is when I see these posts. Instead I'm just annoyed that there are no quality posts. It's like watching trash TV but not quite as bad! In most cases the posters are not bad people, they just need to tone it down a bit. But welcoming this kind of behavior to liven up the group is not a good idea in my opinion. Thorsten's posts (and his opponents) I tolerate mainly because he does contribute quality stuff occasionally and he's not completely out of control. Still, I don't look forward to the junky ones and really hate to see them. However I do like some controversy which is inevitable when lot's of people get together. I think it's possible to strongly disagree with someone and yet be completely civil about it. If Chris left or was expelled because of personal attacks on people or bad behavior, I do not defend him. But I don't really know what happened in his case. I am in favor of letting people back in who may have made a mistake in the past, and regret it. But I think they should express a desire themselves to come back. I see no reason to go after them when chances are they don't want to come back, or would only come back to raise some more hell. - Don
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