Author: KarinsDad
Date: 23:46:39 02/04/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 01:48:57, Lanny DiBartolomeo wrote: [snip] > > Saying Karpov Sucks is a personal attack saying he sucks at playing computers >is not a personal attack take the ratings of comps and his average rating >against them and now take his ratings against humans and woola yes he does >stink at playing computers (for now ) I didnt use Sucks because it is not part >of my every day vocabulary, if i said he does not play well against computers is >this also a personal attack ? if it is then you can nab a whole lot of people on >this petty issue, so one says "not to good" another says "stinks" and another >"sucks" all depends on where you grow up and how you express yourself, after all >we all come from a different up bringing. This sounds like a smokescreen argument to me. If you said in a court of law "My lawyer sucks as an attorney, I want a new lawyer.", there is probably a good chance that you would minimally get a warning from the judge if not a contempt of court citation. If you said "My lawyer stinks as an attorney, I want a new lawyer.", the chances of this lessen and if you said "My lawyer is not a very good attorney, I want a new lawyer.", chances are the judge would not bat an eye (depending on the judge). The reason for this is that certain language is not considered appropriate in certain environments (do you use a derogatory form of the word sucks at church?). This is a moderated forum. The idea is to be generally polite here, not to use street language in an attempt to gain responses. Although people have different backgrounds, it is only common sense that when people use phrases like this in a title or within the content of a post, they are attempting to generate heated discussions (i.e. they are trying to troll). This is fairly obvious and the different backgrounds idea sounds like a defensive side argument of the real issue to me. If someone told me that I suck at anything (regardless of my actual ability), they would have to be a close friend for me to not feel insulted. From a total stranger (say that Karpov actually reads posts here), I would consider it to be insulting. JMO KarinsDad :)
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