Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 11:59:47 01/04/06
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On January 04, 2006 at 10:38:41, Zheng Zhixian wrote: >On January 03, 2006 at 21:55:12, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >Yawn, yet another lecture by Mr Fernando on what is the right attitude to have >towards life, humor and chess and everything else in the universe. If you >disagree, you are a "Asshole", of "low intelligence" etc.... > > >>When you see so long threads about things like ... or like ...., followed with >>such intensity, even fury, with egoes engaged to the full, with arguments coming >>and going as if was being discussed the universal peace, then you laugh in this >>last manner. >> Nobody seems to see the >>esential absurdity of such endeavour. >Nobody laugh. > >Humour is in the eye of the beholder..... So is absurdity. I personally think >your whole rant by starting this thread about humour is full of unintended irony >myself and pretty absurd. > >So you got a few posts deleted, and it inspires this long post on the nature of >humour, computer chess, IQs and life? Reading your posts in reply to Graham and >Burcham here's what i see.. > >"Preposterous seriousness prevails. Heated arguments comes. Insults are said. >Flame wars begins.Nobody seems to see the esential absurdity of such endeavour. >" > >Absurd? Over a couple of deleted posts? Surely! > > >> I never forget this is, exception made for >>some dedicated human units, a hobby. HOBBY. Do you remember the meaning of the >>word? An amateur passtime. Something to get fun and sometimes perhaps an >>entertainning instruction. > >Yes i know the meaning of the word Hobby. But pray tell, does the fact that >topic x is your hobby, imply that everyone else should consider topic x the same >way? Might it not be more than a hobby for others?
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