Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 14:28:17 11/07/98
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On November 07, 1998 at 17:07:53, Dann Corbit wrote: >On November 07, 1998 at 16:51:13, Albert Silver wrote: >>Look everyone. >> >>I have stated again and again my stupefaction at the idea of abandoning this >>place. It has taken time and effort to get it together and receive a decent body >>of contributors. Most seem to be extremely upset at Bruce Moreland's presence as >>a moderator. As I recall it, he was appointed by means of a vote. Which means >>that he didn't inherit his post, nor is he there by divine right. >>Unsatisfied? >>Then put his presence as a moderator to another vote! >>If there are other issues, then vote! >>But just picking up your things and leaving means that you think that there is >>nothing worth saving, and if that is truly the case then I would feel deeply >>saddened. >>Though I have not been directly effected by Bruce, I will indeed vote against >>him to preserve the peace and integrity of the group. Hi all: What we need here is tolerance. Tolerance means to tolerate, to be resilient, to be capable of receiving some punishment without crying, even if not deserved. I means to understand that there are all kind of people here and elsewhere. Somebody does not like the style of Bruce? Oh, my God, we do not even know how the man really is! What we have of each other are the shadow of a shadow, the thin image we can proyect in this very narrow mirror. I can say that I do not like the post of this or that poster in ocasions, the way as this or that member usually write, but I would suspend my judgment until I am capable of getting real and decently full picture of the person behind the post. Instead of that we fall here in the most ridiculous exagerations. I have read post written as written by a lawyer preparing a sue. Hey, this is just a site to discuss a somewhat funny but unimportant issue, chess computers. Not enough important, at least, for the outburst of rage I have seen. I say: let Bruce to do his job, he has done well, and let us discuss a new election of moderators for the end of this year, as anyway I suppose should be done. We cannot, we should not do it just now because some people does not like this or that moderator That is, I repeat, to exagerate and throw gasoline to the flames and unfair with Bruce. He is not receiving money for doing this, he is just losing time and temper. And if he has committed a mistake, i wonder who is free of mistakes. Fernando >>Such being said, I vote that Bruce be removed from his duties as a moderator. agree, on the one hand, that Bruce is very controversial. Perhaps this is out >of place for a moderator. Yet has he lost his voice because he volunteered for >the arduous task of moderation? I think the truth probably lies between the >versions produced by each of the parties in question. But, in my view, each is >entitled. I value Bruce Morland's opinions. And Moritz Berger's. And many >others intwined in this controversy. I also value Chris Whittington's >statements in r.g.c.c. despite the fact that he deliberately tries to be >controversial. I value anyone's opinion that I think can teach me something, >and even the opinion of those that can't (if there are any). > >I don't think anyone has all of the information as to some of the old >controversies. I have private email conversations with some of the parties and >believe that all are sincere in their beliefs. Why can't we just forget the >past? If there were any wrongs, we can try to right them. But hashing over the >old mistakes just opens wounds that have only started to heal. It does not >produce value. IMO-YMMV.
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