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Subject: Re: Moderation: Junior forfeits to Crafty!

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 12:14:43 02/05/00

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On February 05, 2000 at 15:12:13, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>
>On February 05, 2000 at 15:00:18, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>CCC is suddenly full of posts literally questioning the "honorability" of Amir,
>>claiming that "he lost the little credit" he had, etc. Those are personal
>>attacks, just what CCC is not supposed to tolerate. When this is done by a
>>group, it receives the name of lynching.
>>
>>You and others may be angry and frustrated, but to me at least this lynching is
>>far more serious than Amir slamming the door and leaving.
>
>I deleted a post that questioned Amir's motives for skipping the round.  I've
>seen a lot of people being angry at Amir, and a few that are marginal, but I've
>only seen the one post that was clearly over the line.
>
>Which is not to say that I think any of these people are right.  I think that
>people who think this has to do with some problem with Amir's integrity are
>wrong.  Anyone who thinks that otherwise reasonable people don't get angry at
>chess tournaments obviously doesn't attend them.

Very fine, but CCC is not a chess tournament, so let's calm down.

Enrique

>bruce



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