Author: Albert Silver
Date: 16:46:48 09/08/04
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On September 08, 2004 at 13:01:35, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>After reading one or two long threads here about CCC-CTF relations, but
>specially looking at the posts by people that does not like CTF, I suddenly
>realized how truth is that old Bible afirmation about a guy seeing a little bit
>of wood in the eye of the other guy but not looking... you know what.
>What I suddenly realized -or remembered- is the fact that CCC has been LOT more
>guilty of nasty wars than anything you can find in CTF.
Actually, as a social exercise the results are fascinating. I honestly never
imagined there were so many extremists here. Quite ironic when you consider the
nature of the accusations. :-) I know that hard-core conservatism runs strong in
the US, but it's still amazing to see it rear up and shout its terrible cry.
When I studied in Madison, Wisconsin, a small liberal oasis in an
ultra-conservative part of the US, a book store used to post how many counties
and schools various famous literary classics they had for sale were forbidden.
Great classics like "Catcher in the Rye" by Salinger (one of my all-time
favorite writers). I suppose I might have been less surprised in the 50s when it
came out, but even in the last gasps of the 20th century was it shown to what
lengths people would go.
Albert
>Why I say this?
>I say this because in my judgement it is much more harsh and insulting to keep a
>war about the personal features of the other guy, as it has happened here in
>broadsides between chess programmers, than any argument between two persons
>talking of third-party issues.
>If I say "A" about Middle East crisis and the other guy say it is "B" and so I
>have idiotic views, OK, it could even be truth. Nobody has the last word in
>nothing.
>BUT if I am -as I am in fact- a writer and the other guy say my writting sucks
>and that my pen is shit and that my books are louzy, then there we have a direct
>attack to me, to me personaluity in full.
>And this is what has happened here many times.
>So, which is eh sense of so much scandal?
>Life is war said a greek philosopher, a pre-socratic one.
>Conflict is he mother of everything.
>A good fight is healthy
>Why? Because you must endure after receivibng damage, because you must be
>skilled and sharpen them all the time, because you must suffer and get harder,
>becase you must gather strenght, because you can learn someting about yourself,
>because you can see clearly your weak points, your dark sides, your stupid side.
>Infine peace, on the contrary, unlimited politeness, political correctness and
>all that stinks to simple fear. It is death.
>Re-read your clasics, boys.
>Fernando
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