Author: Mark Ryan
Date: 13:13:44 01/05/00
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On January 05, 2000 at 08:53:41, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On January 05, 2000 at 07:57:44, Graham Laight wrote: > >>On January 04, 2000 at 00:40:52, Charles Unruh wrote: >> >>>Maybe not the best, i just like it :)! I like it for it's part truth, humor, >>>and part satire >>> >>> "One man holds this group hostage!" >>> >>>The line sort of went on "If that man changed his mind tomorrow(concerning the >>>comp GM strengt issue), the mindless would follow" Something like that, I don't >>>remember who wrote it. > >An ardent defender of programs being GMs. > >>I'd be interested to know who said this, and about whom > >Bob was the "one man". The rest of us, the captive idiots, Stockholm syndrome >included. > >> - but unfortunately >>there isn't a straightforward archive search facility on this web site yet. >> >>Charles - if you can remember roughly when this was posted, > >About a month ago. > >> why not download the >>archive file for that period and search for it? >> >>Given the absence of competition, I think we'll have to agree to declare it the >>quote of the year - if we can find out who said it, and about whom. > >It shouldn't be too difficult if you download the posts of the last 2 months and >do a text search for the quotation. > >Enrique > >>-g Greetings: the quote in question was made very shortly after, and in response to, the Baburin-Rebel game. It certainly got my attention too. However, before we all make an example of it, maybe we should remember that there were a whole bunch of quotes on the CCC in 1999 that could give it a run for the money ... except by me, of course; everything that I have contributed has always been 100% topical, fair, and reasonable ... and if you believe that, you'll believe anything ! Cheers, Mark
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