your countryman--thegab, has this as his avatar... there was some controversy over his being kicked off the site (i think he's since returned) so to show my (our) support, for him i (several members) am (are) using the skull. i need to get my james nesbitt avatar back i think.
Who's James Nesbitt?
Well, in my day those who posed as something they werent paid a price when/if caught. The more serious/blatant their deception was the more serious the "price" they paid. However, in today's mamby pamby and politically correct environment even when caught these people get a free ride/pass because we might hurt someone's feelings..... and so it isnt surprising to see the numbers of people doing just that growing and becoming ever more bold about it. It doesnt matter anymore that little Johnny cant read , as long as he feels good about it. PC is a poison that is undermining everything about a civilized/honest society......
If Johnny can't read, how did he know his thread was locked?
Geek takes his usual pot shots at me but doesnt have the common decenncy to produce the " various posts " he said I made denying that he ever played Reshevsky...... I am not in the least surprised though because I have known his kind all my life. Geek , either produce the " evidence " or admit you lied and apologize ?! Isnt what you did a violation of TOS and isnt that what you cry about others doing all the time and even brag on snitching them out and trying to get them banned ? 
In my day, when you had a fight on the playground and knocked a kid down that was enough -- you didn't pile on with your friends and keep kicking him.
But what did you do when he got back up?
In my day, when you had a fight on the playground and knocked a kid down that was enough -- you didn't pile on with your friends and keep kicking him.
But what did you do when he got back up?
That's when you jerk his head off his shoulders, and shove it down the neck hole.
You chess people
your countryman--thegab, has this as his avatar... there was some controversy over his being kicked off the site (i think he's since returned) so to show my (our) support, for him i (several members) am (are) using the skull. i need to get my james nesbitt avatar back i think.
:O I thought it was yourself !
+1.
Brilliant. = pot shots?
Agreeing with somone elses 'pot shots' is not the same thing as taking 'pot shots'. Perhaps I should make accusations of 'bald faced lying' here. On second thought, that wouldn't be quite honest, and it would make me look a little silly.
Padman... "Do people have to be well-mannered to those who are not? Do you just have to smile and nod or look down at your shoes while a shameless self-promoter and liar flaunts his wares in front of your face repeatedly?"
I don't believe we should suffer all fools gladly. I just think every individual has to check their sense of proportion. Has the reaction matched the offense? My sense of proportion tells me that the amount of time spent discussing 5ofswords' indiscretion is way out of whack with the attention it deserved.
I seriously get the feeling that quite a few of us (no doubt myself included) are a bit bored, have too much time on our hands, and are just looking for some excuse to tee-off on someone. I do my best to stifle that urge and I encourage others to
do the same.
"'Don't you think men overrate the necessity for humouring everybody's nonsense, till they get despised by the very fools they humour? . . . The shortest way is to make your value felt, so that people must put up with you whether you flatter them or not.'" George Elliot - Middlemarch
I am reading this book, and happened across the above quote. Somehow it seems to relate to this thread.
"'Don't you think men overrate the necessity for humouring everybody's nonsense, till they get despised by the very fools they humour? . . . The shortest way is to make your value felt, so that people must put up with you whether you flatter them or not.'" George Elliot - Middlemarch
I am reading this book, and happened across the above quote. Somehow it seems to relate to this thread.
I'm not being sarcastic at all, corrijean, but I don't understand the relation. Any help?
Dropped quote! Dropped quote!
Anyone got any spare change for the tiger foundation?
"'Don't you think men overrate the necessity for humouring everybody's nonsense, till they get despised by the very fools they humour? . . . The shortest way is to make your value felt, so that people must put up with you whether you flatter them or not.'" George Elliot - Middlemarch
I am reading this book, and happened across the above quote. Somehow it seems to relate to this thread.
I'm not being sarcastic at all, corrijean, but I don't understand the relation. Any help?
It's a reference to post #34. And it seems to me that Reb is arguing that fools (my interpretation is that he puts them in the same group with liars) should be confronted, and that it is a moral duty to do so.
"'Don't you think men overrate the necessity for humouring everybody's nonsense, till they get despised by the very fools they humour? . . . The shortest way is to make your value felt, so that people must put up with you whether you flatter them or not.'" George Elliot - Middlemarch
I am reading this book, and happened across the above quote. Somehow it seems to relate to this thread.
I'm not being sarcastic at all, corrijean, but I don't understand the relation. Any help?
It's a reference to post #34. And it seems to me that Reb is arguing that fools (my interpretation is that he puts them in the same group with liars) should be confronted, and that it is a moral duty to do so.
Thank you.
I want to simply point out that my original thread post (the locked one) was not really speaking in support or against 5oSwords. My point was/is that it's unfortunate that when called out on an obvious misrepresentation regarding his objective playing strength he chose to lash out and compount the problem instead of coming clean and facing the music.
I don't agree with Reb's militant (in my view) hyperbole about "pc" and all that, but I do agree that when faced with apparent unethical behavior it is our responsibility as members of this community to address it. My OP simply laments the fact that in general people here (and elsewhere) in the face of direct and legitimate confrontation tent to obfuscate or dig deeper into the mess rather than just admiting fault/deception and moving on.
I want to simply point out that my original thread post (the locked one) was not really speaking in support or against 5oSwords. My point was/is that it's unfortunate that when called out on an obvious misrepresentation regarding his objective playing strength he chose to lash out and compount the problem instead of coming clean and facing the music.
I don't agree with Reb's militant (in my view) hyperbole about "pc" and all that, but I do agree that when faced with apparent unethical behavior it is our responsibility as members of this community to address it. My OP simply laments the fact that in general people here (and elsewhere) in the face of direct and legitimate confrontation tent to obfuscate or dig deeper into the mess rather than just admiting fault/deception and moving on.
"...when faced with apparent unethical behavior it is our responsibility as members of this community to address it."
I agree for some, that "unethical behavior" inspires one to "address it". Third thread? About some Chess.com member? Total annihilation? Shouldn't that be saved for criminals?
Well, I never said anything about whether it was better or worse. I just said it wasn't the same thing. After looking up 'pot-shots,' I think that 'geeks' comments could possibly qualify as 'pot-shots,' in which case I am in grave danger of being charged with 'bald faced lying' or something similar. I would like to pre-empt that by owning up to it ahead of time, and letting everyone know that I was either possibly or certainly mistaken, and I take full responsibilty for this grave error.
I think the administrator should have deleted the thread, not locked it. Now all of your thoughts are hanging on the wall of shame. If the thread is not appropriate, then why do they still let people see it?