| Jürgen R. 2004-11-29, 5:46 pm |
| parrthenon@cs.com (Parrthenon) wrote:
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> So, then, there are no denials of the rumor about Tim Hanke.
Brilliant: Any response is an implicit confirmation; and failure to to
deny easy to interpret.
What business is it of yours whether Hanke works or doesn't work?
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> I have since
>received one confirmation from a source in New York (just what city or town I
>won't say)
No need: Far Rockaway, Queens.
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> that I hit the nail on the head.
>
> The status of the rumor is that it is now a statement or charge made by
>more than one person
That's what characterizes most rumors.
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> involved either in USCF governance or employment. If
>these people come forward, it becomes an accusation.
>
> There are some strawmen below from Randy Bauer.
>
> At no time have I ever said that Sam did not get things wrong,
>sometimes disastrously wrong. On several occasions, right here on rgcp and
>over on fide-chess group, I have scourged him. Recently I upbraided Sam for his
>outrageous claim that Wayne Praeder doesn't really exist. Moreover, it is a
>near certainty that Mr. Bauer has read some of my past remonstrations.
>
> We have the next strawman: that I may wish "to claim" Sam.
No - the accusation was that you wish to smell worse than Sam, which
is difficult, but I think you are getting there.
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> I never
>suggested or implied that such was the case. I defended him to this extent: I
>called him a true man of chess who has produced some excellent reports along
>with some hideous howlers. What I wrote is accurate.
>
> Further, I have said that the worst things tossed at Sam are that he
>committed a family related crime that would never have been in court a couple
>of generations back and that he is sexually promiscuous. We may be certain as
>certain can be -- given the fallen human condition -- that some of those
>condemning Sam on the latter point would not wish their sexual acts, whatever
>they may be, exposed.
Why not? Isn't this the Chess Newsgroup?
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> So far as I can see, Sam appears somewhat less
>promiscuous, based on the explicit material at his web page, than your average
>U.S. Marine in a military garrison with camp-following women. Certainly, he is
>an angel in comparison with some of "our boys" who anally raped Iraqi captives.
>
> Once again: I notice the extraordinary emoting re Sam Sloan by yet
>another chess politician. Once again: I notice that neither this politician
>nor the others would direct such language routinely at a torturer and killer
>such as our international chess president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Their proud
>contumely is, above all else, a dishonest one.
>
> Finally, what is in the USCF contract with Crossville that the board
>majority doesn't want USCF members to see?
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>"FIDE has made its decision. Players who refuse to be drug tested will not be
>able to play chess." -- Dr. Press, co-founder of the FIDE Medical Commission.
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