Author: Derrick Daniels
Date: 23:34:43 10/18/01
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On October 19, 2001 at 02:29:19, Dann Corbit wrote: >On October 19, 2001 at 02:20:08, Derrick Daniels wrote: > >>On October 19, 2001 at 02:02:11, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>On October 18, 2001 at 21:58:05, Derrick Daniels wrote: >>> >>>>.. >>> >>>Derrick, >>> >>>Postings calling people names are removed. That's against the CCC >>>charter. >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>>Ed Schroder >>>CCC moderator >> >> Hi Ed >> >> I don't recall calling anyone names, i spoke about the organization >>kasparov.com and said that they were greedy to charge people to view exclusive >>interviews, that is and was my opinion, but not a personal attack in anyway. >>Certainly nothing offensive enough to be censored. > >Certainly "greedy" would have to be considered an undesirable trait. > >People did send in complaints. The moderators acted reasonably. > >This is a moderated forum. That means that there are limits on what you say, >and those limits are governed by the charter you read and agreed to when you >joined. > >I consider your telling Christophe Theron to "get his act together" to be a very >offensive way to phrase what is probably a user error on your end. Here I am >referring to: >http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?193470 > >I suggest the following rephrasing: >"I am having a problem configuring Chess Tiger to work correctly. For some >reason, it loses on time on my machine. What am I doing wrong?" > >Now, imagine that you are Christophe. Which format would you find the most >palateable? > >Benjamin Franklin said, "You can catch more flies with a teaspoon of sugar than >with a gallon of vinegar." > >I can certainly be abrasive at times, as can just about anyone. But if we do >exercise a bit of effort to be especially civil, it would just be that much >nicer, wouldn't it? Agreed, I will try and be more careful with my words in the future.
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