Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:50:47 10/05/01
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On October 05, 2001 at 14:18:11, William H Rogers wrote: >On October 05, 2001 at 10:35:39, Uri Blass wrote: > >>This is the site to post messages about fisher in the future and in the future I >>am not going to copy the messages and post them in the other site >> >>http://www.icdchess.com/forums/2/index.shtml >> >>Uri > >I have a lot of respect for you and the rest of the members who post here, but I >think that there is something wrong with that idea and here is why: > >1. Bobby Fisher has posted comments that he appearantely harbors some >predujuice against some other people or races, many people do but never admit >too. >2. He was and may still be one of the greatest chess players in the world. No >one can say now because he has dropped out of active competition. >3. The main interest of this club is both chess and computer chess, and if some >one had written a superior chess program, reguardless of their beliefs or >predujuices, I believe that most people would support it. >4. I could care less whether the man is a Catholic, Jew, Prodestatn, Muslum, >Athiest, black, white, red, yellow, or blue. I don't care if he eats bugs or has >sex with a donkey. The main thing is that he had and may still have something to >contribute to the world of chess and I think that that is the formost important >thing we should care about. >5. When the U.S. was in a cold war with Russia, did we boycott the Russian >Players? I think not and I don't think that we shold boycott B. Fisher either. > >Many of the members here may not agree with me on these matters, but then I am >not running for any kind of office, and I respect the opinions of others whether >I agree with them or not and think that most people should too. > >Do what you wish with the Fisher matter, but I think that it is a petty matter >to ban or bar his name from the 'chess club'. >Bill You forgot one important word. This is not a "chess club"; it's a "COMPUTER chess club". The thread that was moved to the CTF had nothing to do with computers, and very little directly to do with chess. The CTF is (practically) unmoderated, and the Fischer topic does belong there, because it is of interest to many people on that (and this) board. The points that you make above will certainly make for very interesting and stimulating discussion on the CTF, so please feel free to post them there. John Merlino (CCC Moderator)
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