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Subject: How can CC be MORE like a Hobby?? Please explain n/t

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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