Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 21:12:18 07/19/02
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On July 19, 2002 at 19:38:11, José Carlos wrote: >On July 19, 2002 at 16:27:12, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>On July 19, 2002 at 16:05:40, Aaron Tay wrote: >> >>>No offence, but you were also involed in that "spamming incident" that somehow >>>degenerated into a Europe versus America debate in the Winboard forum, which >>>leads me to wonder if you have some kind of issues about this.. >> >>I didn't start the Europe vs. America skirmish. Sune did that just to get a rile >>out of me, which obviously worked. I agree that in sense Sune "started" it with a semi-serious joke, but the fact that you (and only you?) responded so strongly seems to imply to me anyway you are a little predisposed to think in such terms. And then of course, there is this thread here.......Where you start accusing europeans of trying to sabtotage the tournament, which to me doesnt appear that way at all. >>Apparently spam is seen drastically different >>in Europe than it is here. Another thing I learned the hard way. > > That's wrong. You can't say how all chess program play just seing how one or >two do. The same way, you can't know how all europeans think just by talking to >one or two. I didn't post in that thread because it was somewhat crazy, but the >does not mean that I (spanish, european) agree with the opions expressed there. Exactly. Bad idea to think in terms of Europe/america or asia (where I am from) for that matter. The US versus Them mentality. Aaron > José C. > > >>>Well the problem is if there are guys who normally don't say stupid things, >>>start to say things that sound stupid to you and ALL of them does that, perhaps >>>you might start to reconsider your stand? >> >>I did just that, right after I made an ass of myself :) >> >>Russell
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