| Mike Murray 2004-09-24, 5:47 pm |
| On 23 Sep 2004 22:44:52 -0700, nickbourbaki3@yahoo.co.uk (Nick) wrote:
quote:
>I shall say only that racism is far from absent today in the world (including
>the United States), and that it could be more useful to do something to oppose
>racism today rather than becoming too preoccupied about whether Emanuel Lasker
>was more or less racist than most other Europeans of his generation.
Following this line of reasoning, a myriad of activities other than
posting to a chess newsgroup "could be more useful" in doing
"something to oppose racism today".
In fact, if fighting racism isn't one's bag, working for world peace,
ameliorating world hunger, or simply helping old ladies across the
street would be nobler than a preoccupation with chess politics or
even with chess itself.
It seems most of us prefer puzzles to saintliness.
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