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Subject: Re: [MODERATION] Djenghis in cct4

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 11:29:28 01/16/02

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On January 16, 2002 at 00:46:10, Slater Wold wrote:

>On January 15, 2002 at 20:09:11, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:
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>>On January 15, 2002 at 16:23:32, Slater Wold wrote:
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>>>On January 15, 2002 at 15:46:29, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 15, 2002 at 15:15:55, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On January 15, 2002 at 03:57:15, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On January 14, 2002 at 19:17:02, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hello ,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>i see bookbuilder in cct4. that is an interface made by
>>>>>>>Bas Hamstra sold to J.E.F. Kaan (who can't program at all)
>>>>>>>and with crafty added sold as 'bookbuilder'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Now i see Jan Kaan join CCT4 with bookbuilder under the name 'djenghis 0.05'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>He is mentioned as 'author' from Djenghis.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>This is not correct.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Vincent,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You impossibly can provide the evidence of your accusation, I suggest you move
>>>>>>your suspect to the Tournament Director of CCT4, that is where it belongs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The moderators of CCC are not going to allow you to discredit the name of Mr.
>>>>>>Kaan based on wild speculations. So it's either provide the evidence or stop
>>>>>>now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Kindest regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ed Schroder
>>>>>>CCC moderator
>>>>>
>>>>>With respect, I disagree with this.  The factual accuracy of what someone is
>>>>>saying shouldn't be an issue.  The moderators should not be a court of law that
>>>>>determined whether what someone says is true or false.
>>>>>
>>>>>"Put up or shut up" should be something the members say, not something the
>>>>>moderators say.  The club that the moderators wield is too heavy in this case.
>>>>>
>>>>>As a group, we need to be able to speak freely about issues that are important
>>>>>to us.  Sometimes, this might involve very contentious speech, which Vincent
>>>>>seems to specialize in.
>>>>>
>>>>>I think that the charter is designed to protect us from stalkers and people who
>>>>>can't stay within the bounds of civility.  It's not designed to prevent us from
>>>>>getting into arguments, disagreeing, or even accusing each other of things.
>>>>>
>>>>>I suggest that if Vincent makes a campaign out of this, it should go.  If
>>>>>someone is going to post the same thing every few days, they are obviously using
>>>>>the forum as a vehicle for personal attack -- that's what a campaign is.  I
>>>>>don't see that happening here.
>>>>>
>>>>>If someone wants to say something nasty, I think they should go for it.  I think
>>>>>that the charter protects us from people would would follow us around sniping at
>>>>>us, like the stuff that is happening in the other forum, but if someone is
>>>>>displeased with someone, that's a valid topic.
>>>>>
>>>>>bruce
>>>>
>>>>I disagree
>>>>We got a moderator email that asked to delete all the thread
>>>>
>>>>I thought to do it but it was not a clear case that I was sure to do it so
>>>>I decided to discuss it with Ed and the decision was not to delete it.
>>>>but to give Vincent a warning.
>>>>
>>>>My opinion is that people should not accuse each other by "facts" that they
>>>>cannot prove and the question if the "facts" are right or wrong
>>>>is not important.
>>>
>>>I wonder who asked you to delete this thread?!  (sarcasm)  I bet it wasn't more
>>>than 1 person, and that being, the person who was named.
>>>
>>>Example:
>>>
>>>"I think Deep Fritz is a horrible program.  I think Frans and Mathias are
>>>horrible programmers."
>>>
>>>If I posted that, and Frans asked you to delete it, would you?  I would hope
>>>not.  That is what this forum is about.
>>>
>>>If anyone in this forum cares about what I think, someone will post a reply,
>>>"Why?" If I don't respond, then obviously I am just trolling.  And perhaps then
>>>the post should be deleted.  However, if I replied,
>>>
>>>"Deep Fritz's SMP does not work in ANY of the 3 computers I have tested.  Of the
>>>6+ people I know who have SMP machines, it does not work.  They have sold a
>>>commercial program, under the pretense that it gains 80% with an extra CPU.  I
>>>can show time and time again where Deep Fritz fails to achieve this.  We have
>>>recieved no patches, and there has been no attempt to fix this."
>>>
>>>Then I wouldn't be trolling, I would be defending my statement.  It's like Bruce
>>>told me a long time ago, "..let the people of the forum weed out the trolls.
>>>Let the people of the forum decide who they are and aren't going to listen to.."
>>>
>>>This is a poll about ideas, and consquently, opinions.  Don't try to moderate
>>>that.
>>>
>>>Let Mr. Kaan defend himself.  If he cannot, well then, Vince is in the right.
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>>That is the whole point, he DOES NOT HAVE to defend himself, and I would not
>>have done it. You have to defend yourself when you are accused with FACTS.
>>Saying the Mr. Kaan cannot program is not a fact, it is an insult.
>>Why do I care? because this is the typical behavior and language that you
>>see in dictatorships "If you are innocent, you do not have to worry".
>
>I can accuse anyone, of anything I want.  I don't have to have facts.  Pick up
>this weeks Enquirer.

It depends how you do it, you will have to court for slander.

Miguel

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>>Miguel
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>>>If he does, well, maybe people will stop listening to Vince.
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>>>Slate



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