| Louis Blair 2004-09-28, 6:49 am |
| NoMoreChess wrote:
quote:
> The obsession with exploring racism of the past
> -- in fact, merely *alleged* racism in this case
> -- may well be of interest to chessplayers, but
> in comparison to dealing with racism of the present,
> is of precious little value, for we can do *nothing*
> about Lasker's (alleged) racism -- the man is dead.
_
Despite the inability to change the past, many consider
it to be worthwhile to talk about history. I share
that view.
NoMoreChess wrote:
quote:
> I think it was discovered sometime around 3500 BC,
> that it does no good to beat a dead horse. However,
> it is not too late to try and deal with racism
> today.
_
I see nothing wrong with historical discussion AND
efforts to deal with today's racism taking place.
NoMoreChess wrote:
quote:
> I see this (so far) fruitless exploration of
> Lasker's alleged racism, and (so far) fruitless
> guesswork about his level of skill at the game of
> go, to be of very little value, relatively
> speaking.
_
We have seen some other Lasker quotes posted. I,
for one, was interested to see the information
about "James Henry Breasted's _Ancient Times_".
None of this makes the discussion anywhere near
as valuable as the quest for world peace and
many other things, but that still does not mean
it was wrong to talk about the subject.
I agree that there have been various unsatisfactory
aspects of the discussion, but that is true of
many subjects discussed here.
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