| Parrthenon 2005-01-15, 6:47 am |
| THE ALMIGHTY STATE
Law and Order must be a TV program.
So what was the message? That it's a crime to play 7 b4! against the Sicilian
if the state so orders? That one may play the Ruy Lopez in Cuba or Yugoslavia
on, say, February 17 if the state so decides, but that it can become a "crime"
on February 18 if the state changes its orders, and no longer a "crime" on
February 19 if the almighty state then reverses itself again?
The sad end of liberty: most Americans have no idea there were once
norms from natural law that guided legislation rather than, as currently, the
compelling interest of the state. For most TV peasants, there is no difference
between the concept of "illegal" and "criminal."
For an analysis of Bobby Fischer's "crime" see "Fischer vs. Spassky 1992" at
world chess network, an editorial penned after he was indicted in December
1992.
http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/En...vans/040126.php
-- Larry Parr
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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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