Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 20:56:21 10/06/01
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On October 05, 2001 at 14:50:47, John Merlino wrote: >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. it is related, this 'Fischer" fascade is a computer! heehee > >John Merlino (CCC Moderator)
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