Author: pavesyles
Date: 05:41:23 02/04/00
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On February 04, 2000 at 02:21:01, KarinsDad wrote:
>On February 04, 2000 at 00:50:34, John Warfield wrote:
>
>>On February 03, 2000 at 23:58:15, James Robertson wrote:
>>
>>>> Please get a life! I merely stated a opinion regarding Karpov's playing skills
>>>>against a specific opponent. This is neither personal, or an attack. Simply a
>>>>stated belief. I have a right to believe someone is a bad player, without being
>>>>accused of attacking them right?
>>>
>>>
>>>This is the wrong way to define personal attack. If you said "x plays like a
>>>deranged muttonhead" would you consider that a personal attack? Or would you
>>>not, because it is just a statement of your opinion? It is no more and no less
>>>personal than your statement about Karpov.
>>>
>>>The content of your post is not, IMO, a personal attack. The title _is_ and here
>>>I why: In both your title and your post you state your opinion. But in your
>>>title you also _unnecessarily_ insult Karpov, and that is the personal attack.
>>>
>>>James
>>
>>
>> Sorry I cannot govern my speech in the way in which people think it ought to
>>be phrased, suck is exactly the word I want to use to describe how I believe
>>karpov plays against computers, now against humans I think Karpov is a excellent
>>player and one of the greats, suck is simply a slang term which is in vogue
>>right now, taken in it's context it is not an insult at all, if you choose to
>>see it that way that is your problem. So I will say it again....KARPOV SUCKS
>>AGAINST COMPUTERS, KARPOV SUCKS AGAINST COMPUTERS!!
>
>Your choice of words ("Karpov sucks against computers", "Please get a life")
>SUCKS! Your defense of those offensive words SUCKS! Your use of those words to
>troll here SUCKS (although choosing a topic where most people will agree with
>the content of the actual post, if not the way of expressing that content in the
>title, was rather unique; i.e. the title is a blatant attempt to get people to
>read your post and to generate conversation; your post might have gotten only a
>few mild agreement responses without the insult in the title)!
>
>Obviously these opinions of mine are not an insult to you since it is just
>slang, is just expressing opinions, and the opinions are about your words and
>use of words, and not about you. Obviously.
>
>Quid pro quo. Or in other words, "Mirror, mirror on the wall".
>
>But, if you do not understand, c'est la vie.
>
>KarinsDad :)
>
>PS. I think I did a good job of creating a mild trolling title myself. A few
>people may actually read my post here due to me changing the wording of the
>title. Would you not agree?
> YOU PEOPLE ALWAYS SO POLITICLY CORRECT,PPLEASE SPARE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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