Oh god, forums, why oh why??

Too bad that's a Dale Carnegie quote ;)...

http://rationalrant.blogspot.com/2011/07/fools-and-criticism.html

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin (check under the "Misattributed" section)

Lol...you really know how to screw yourself over.  Read it again, and try to not get confused this time.

The Robert Walsh reference refers to this quote:

I will speak ill of no man, not even in matter of truth; but rather excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasion speak all the good I know of everybody.

Wow, I haven't read this thread yet but that last post blows me away pawnwhacker.  Brillient. 

I agree with pawnwhacker though I wouldn't call anybody a fool. Times were different back then at Benjamins time. People that were educated were entitled to an opinion everything else were fools.

forum  doesn't get any better with post like these. try to add a post that makes the forum less lame.

be the change you like to see.

Let's see...

You agree with me but wouldn't call anybody a fool. Complaint #1

In Ben's day, uneducated people were fools. Complaint #2

Forum doesn't get any better with a post like this. Complaint #3

Try to add a post that makes the forum less lame. Complaint #4

Be the change that you'd like to see. Complaint #5

Is that all you have to offer, nothing but complaints?! Where, for gawd's sake, is the change that you'd like to see?

But, nonethless:

Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.” 
― Lou Holtz

Very, very true!

“Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to taking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young.” 
― Sigmund Freud

do you complain about me complaining.

Lou Holtz, the football coach?

bobby: "do you complain about me complaining."

Of course not! I am simply reporting the news. 

Every silver lining has a cloud.

Please use forums for studying&not for your fun..As you see please be relevant,helpful&nice..

Ditto!

But, your comment WAS funny.

Oh why on why can't we have good forums about chess?

Plenty of the forums have lots of great chess discussion. If you are unable to find them, then you aren't trying.