| Tom Klem 2004-12-31, 6:45 am |
| This is a terrible idea.
It is exactly what I am talking about with governance gotchas. Whatever Sam
Sloan is, and I don't believe a phylum exists that aptly describes him, I
strongly believe he should be allowed to go before the voters, so long as he
is a member in good standing.
This is mob rule. Remember Socrates?
Don't do it.
--
Tom Klem
"A conspiracy of infamy so black that, when it is finally exposed, its
principals shall be forever deserving of the maledictions of all honest
men."
--Joseph McCarthy
"Parrthenon" <parrthenon@cs.com> wrote in message
news:20041230232356.11961.00002201@mb-m16.news.cs.com...
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> We all understand the point behind this resolution. There will never be
any
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> problem finding two-thirds of the Board to denounce political opponents
who are
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> outside the "consensus."
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> The Board in 1986 would have voted 7-0 to denounce Lev Alburt as a
> candidate; the Board in 1989 would have voted 5-2 to denounce Max Dlugy as
a
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> candidate; and any Board of the last two to three decades would routinely
> denounce William Lombardy. The Board in 1986 would also have voted by at
least
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> 5-2 or, possibly 7-0 to denounce Fan Adams as a candidate.
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> I am not sure, though, that these official denunciations will work
the
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> purpose they are intended to serve, especially if there are any dissenting
> votes on the Board. They may instead provoke suspicions, more than likely
> justified, that the scoundrels in power want to keep enemy scoundrels out
of
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> power.
>
> And so it goes.
>
>
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> "FIDE has made its decision. Players who refuse to be drug tested will not
be
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> able to play chess." -- Dr. Press, co-founder of the FIDE Medical
Commission.
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