Author: Roger
Date: 01:19:15 02/06/00
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On February 06, 2000 at 02:40:34, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >Yes, I can. What someone does on their own time is their own business, but this >was a public event. As much as it was possible for the people involved, the >personal stuff should have been checked at the door. > >When I direct a chess tournament, I don't remind every person to behave >themselves as I collect their entry fee, or at the beginning of each round. > >Dave I don't believe you can. The participants are there to PLAY, not love each other. If someone refused to remove the censor until after the time appointed for the game to start, then I think you would have a point. The fact is that the censor was removed in plenty of time to allow the game to start on time, and that is one player's only obligation to another, especially when those two players have already had words. But there is surely a larger issue here. In my opinion, friendliness is a gift. No one has a right to your friendship, you give it when YOU choose, though they do have a right to your courtesy. But the biggest courtesies were broken by Amir, when he dropped out of the round. That is why his behavior has been criticized here. Regardless of Amir felt about Bob, he was the one that was pissed (Bob seems more astonished) and he should have checked his baggage at the door, as you said. But then, Amir blew the matter up, and let his actions affect people who had nothing to do with the grudge. As you said, it was a public event, and his actions affected the other operators and programmers who were innocently standing ready to start, minutes away, not to mention the audience. We all had to postpone our games and wait for re-pairings. So it is exceedingly strange to me that respect is the core of Amir's argument against Bob, yet Amir chose to disrespect so many people (programmers, operators, audience, and the TD), and it is exceedingly strange why a man who claims to be so much on the moral high ground would offer no regret for his actions to the many more people he disrespected, and not offer that regret here on CCC (that is only parallel to what Amir insisted on, a public apology here in CCC from Bob, so I would think he would want nothing less from himself.) His behavior in this situation seems incredibly inconsistent, and in my humble opinion (and everyone should form their own), just reeked of narcissism, grandiosity and the arrogance and condescension that accompany them. Roger
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