Author: Don Dailey
Date: 17:22:51 11/07/98
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On November 07, 1998 at 17:28:17, Fernando Villegas wrote: >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 These are indeed words of wisdom from you Fernando. Bob also mentioned earlier that being on the internet requires a thicker skin which is a similar idea to the one you just posted. I can say for a fact that I have said some things on this very group that I recognize to be a mistake and am not particularly proud of them. The problem is that once a debate escalates, so do peoples emotions and people are notoriously poor at controlling themselves once this happens. A little humility can go a long way in this case but humility is in short supply because people think being humble means admitting weakness or has to involve low self esteem. I think the humblest people I know have the MOST self esteem and wish I was more like them. - Don
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