Author: stuart taylor
Date: 17:23:04 01/08/03
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On January 08, 2003 at 20:08:17, Mike Byrne wrote: >On January 08, 2003 at 19:40:59, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On January 08, 2003 at 19:33:45, Mike Byrne wrote: >> >>>On January 08, 2003 at 19:26:21, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>>On January 08, 2003 at 17:56:23, Rajen Gupta wrote: >>>> >>>>>On January 08, 2003 at 17:53:47, Elnur wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>what is the best chessmaster 9000 or Fritz 8? >>>>> >>>>>are u crazy? repeating the same question again and again? and again? >>>> >>>>Many Americans like to repeat themselves. It shows that they know very well what >>>>they're talking about, and that THEY know that YOU know that they know what >>>>they're talking about! >>>>S.Taylor >>>> >>>>ps It can be very intimidating when you can't find a strong refutation, when >>>>they do that! (Or when the platform isn't appropriate for telling then your >>>>refutation, e.g. they are able and willing to punish you!). S.T. >>> >>>Let's layoff on the nationality theme -- I have met jerks from all countries. >> >>It's a shame not to hear some feedback about this, as it is a thing which really >>buggs me (sometimes) when I speak to Americans (especially when I'm in America). >>It's worthy of a thread in itself, and it's not intended to have been exactly >>"on topic" regarding Elnur. It just made my sub-thread idea come to mind, but I >>mean it as a seperate topic. > >Well when you were in America I am sure you noticed that Amercians are as >diversed as Eurpoeans or Asians. New Yorkers are totally different from >Californians, New Englanders are on the opposite sprectrum of Texans. Floridians >are lot different from Georgians. etc. > >And guess what, all those regions have jerks too. They also have some very nice >people. Just like any European country I know. There is no nationality that >has a monopoly on jerks. Neither is there a nationality that has a lock on the >gifted. If you do not belive that is true, then you have a mind like Hitler and >that is another "sub-thread idea come to mind , but I mean it as seperate topic" >(sic). > >Michael Byrne I'm not saying that the intention is that those who behave like that (repeating their questions, or answers in a deliberate intonation) are "jerks". If you are saying that they are, then you are giving me a decent (oppinionated) reply to my quandry. But please don't make this thread go down the drain like many others do. I'd like to hear some analysis from people like TJF or other (Psycho)analyzers here. [Jerks everywhere? Even jerks need to be analyzed if they come up with some awkward ideas]. S.Taylor
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