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Subject: Re: ODELL'S POST

Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin

Date: 19:44:22 11/14/99

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Well, don't worry, no matter what you say or write, when alot of different
people see, they are going to missunderstand it! - That's one reason were
(mostly), all differen't.  In fact what I just typed is sure to be
missunderstood by many.  So, smile:),

Regards, Larry T.

On November 14, 1999 at 20:28:42, odell hall wrote:

Well I don't want to come off as having a persecution complex, but it seems of
>late everything I write is severely critized, no matter how well intentioned.
>Yet you never see me writing anything derrogatory about someoneelse's post.  My
>use of the word "criminal" in my last post, was a attempt to express my
>frustration with not being able to purhcase ferret and tiger, I thought people
>would have enough understanding to see that in the context of the thread it was
>not to be taken literally.  But for the life of me I cant see how anyone could
>misunderstand my post to mean that I think programmers should give away their
>programs. What I think has happened is that some people read the title to my
>post without reading the body.  Certainly I can't see why wondering why someone
>doesn't sell a program that they could make money off of is considered a dumb or
>insane question.
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>>On November 14, 1999 at 19:58:53, odel hall wrote:
>>
>>>On November 14, 1999 at 19:31:16, Pete Galati wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 14, 1999 at 19:15:37, Lanny DiBartolomeo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I am totally amazed at the amount of people who misunderstood this post,
>>>>>  He was not talking about giving it away, or else "don't they want to make
>>>>>money" and "I thought programers were money movitated" would not've be brought
>>>>>up.
>>>>>  Now the thread got  carried away with people insulting and saying in more ways
>>>>>than one it was a dumb post, He tries to explain this and now it builds to a
>>>>>point were of course he is going to be pissed and reply to a response indicating
>>>>>his post as stupid, now here comes the we want moderation. Well if the post was
>>>>>read correctly to begin with it wouldnt have gotten to this point,
>>>>>Yes his wording was too strong "almost criminal" and he knew it was so he said
>>>>>"mabey this is too strong" but the spirit of the post says (I want to buy the
>>>>>strong chessprograms which are not for sale.)Odell if i am wrong then please
>>>>>tell me , this is what I read.
>>>>> please people re-read the post taking out the almost criminal and want to
>>>>>control there program. I dont want to see this end with someone else that has
>>>>>good posts getting kicked.
>>>>
>>>>However it was taken by everyone, he sparked a great deal of discusion, I think
>>>>that is good even if he was missunderstood, it should be considered a good post
>>>>if nothing else, because everyone had something to say, so I don't see a big
>>>>problem.
>>>>
>>>>Pete
>>>
>>>
>>>  The problem is I don't enjoy being called insane and stupid, especially when
>>>it's from people who do not take the time to read and understand what I wrote.
>>>Which I think was incredibly clear. As I mention money twice in the first
>>>paragraph and the last. The real point though is even if my post was stupid, no
>>>one has the right to say so, Such post should have been immidiatley rebuked by
>>>the moderators.  This did not happen!!   If the moderators do not condemn such
>>>statements than they are in effect supporting them.



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