Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 09:34:23 05/18/98
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On May 18, 1998 at 10:58:45, Thorsten Czub wrote: Dear Thorsten: Although I dont like the entire idea of moderators and I will not participate in any election contest or whatever for being one of them, I truly recognize that If I was to be one, I would apply the same ideas and common sense rules you have sketched. I feel to be, also, a right brain guy also. To one right-brain guy to another you can count with my vote as already you have my friendship. fernando >Ok - >my name is Thorsten Czub, I am 31. >Computerchess is my hobby. >I am doing computerchess for a while. Therefore the possibilities of >sharing and enjoying it with friends are numerous. This place is ONE >example how to share "chess-shit" (as Bob's wife said) with other >people. > >I don't like to censor or shout at people. >After all the "experience" I had with NO moderation in rgcc, >i have found out that sometimes one would have to >delete posts with insulting stuff into it. > >I would have deleted some of my posts too. Since some of them were >heated and offending. Normally i should (after a night sleep or even >earlier) apologize when I have done something wrong. >E.g. I thought (I was mistaken) Djorde Vidanovic is RT. >This was a mistake. I was so involved in finding out which emails or >posts are faked that i thought: this one could be a faked one too. > >An apology does not excuse anything. >But it helps mainly myself to sleep better the next nights. > >I would like to see the people here in CCC discuss and talk without >attacking each other for days or weeks. >Sometimes I fail to do this myself, since some topics are very important >to me (ideals, ethics, fair-competition, new ideas in computerchess, >No-monopolism). > >I think nothing (especially no IDEA) is so important that it should be >more valueable than human-beeings, friends and human-rights. > >Also no rule or no law should be that GENERAL that it will be misused >against people. > >Rules are FOR people and not against them. > >A principle shall not be more important than wishes of other people. > >Normally i differenciate between peoples actions, and people themselves. > >I could HATE somebodies IDEAS or OUTPUT about a topic, but I would go >eat with him, or drink a beer. Or be together with him in a community. >I would not call him my friend, but I would let him live his own life. >On the other hand I would not invite him at my home or lend him the key >of my car. Or allow him to use my PC. > >Nobody should ever be thrown-out or censored. >Anybody needs a second chance or more chances. >But when somebody fails all chances, the group has to react and the >moderator has to do something. >Since we are talking about computerchess and not about IMPORTANT stuff, >it should then be allowed to send this guy a yellow-card. And if he does >not behave any better = on-topic and not insulting, he should get a red >card. > >It is difficult for me to stay on topic since i do mainly think with the >right-brain-part. And this halve is associative and connects all kind of >"same-levelled topics together". It works different than the left >brain-halve. >But who knows what is better. > >Hip or squared, left or right-brain-halve, chess has the same rules. > >And Internet is the right way and the right place to communicate. >Never ever was this possible, that the people joining one hobby could >meet each other without paying too much, on a common place, and chat. >We should not let this destroy by people who have all kind of personal >problems or want to be "famous" by attacking other people. > >The best "moderators" are friends anyway ! And the best experience is >when "enemies" become friends after a heavy discussion and the >reevaluation of your own point of views. > > >Thanks.
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