Author: James Robertson
Date: 13:45:13 02/05/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 16:33:27, Ed Schröder wrote: >On February 05, 2000 at 15:30:39, James Robertson wrote: > >>On February 05, 2000 at 15:00:18, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >> >>>On February 05, 2000 at 13:15:09, James Robertson wrote: >>> >>>>On February 05, 2000 at 12:48:34, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 05, 2000 at 12:38:06, James Robertson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>>Yes, I agree, he will hurt his reputation or intensify it ... whatever way u >>>>>>>look at it >>>>>> >>>>>>He just blew his reputation in my eyes. :( >>>>> >>>>>We have seen angry reactions from many people here, we all have them at times. I >>>>>don't see the great crime that justifies all this lynching. >>>> >>>>Lynching? I don't see any lynching. I see angry and annoyed posts. >>> >>>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. >> >>"CCC is suddenly full of posts". And how many posts are questioning his >>"honorability"? Two? Three? Some group for a lynching. I think you greatly >>exaggerate. >> >>James > >Just wait till it happens to you. > >And then we speak again. > >Ed It is possible something like this will happen to me. However, there seems to be a correlation between doing something very unpopular and 'lynchings'. I think that in 99% of all cases the rational way to behave is also popular. As a result, my odds of being 'lynched' are not too high, as long as I keep doing rational things. James > > > >>> >>>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. >>> >>>Enrique >>> >>>>I don't see the great crime that justifies walking out on this tournament, >>>>either. He wasted an hour of all of our time as we tried to figure out what to >>>>do. Yes, his crime justifies a lot of angy posts. >>>> >>>>James >>>> >>>>> >>>>>Enrique >>>>> >>>>>>It seems like such a childish thing to do.... he hurts all the participants, not >>>>>>just Dr. Hyatt. >>>>>> >>>>>>James
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