| Spam Scone 2005-03-13, 5:54 pm |
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Taylor Kingston wrote:
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> Goran Tomic wrote:
> rec.gamess.chess.misc's
>
> I have no idea what he means by "you serve for fan," but for Goran
> Tomic calling Neil Brennen (or almost anyone) a "clown" and
> "ridiculous," the old "pot calling the kettle black" clich=E9 is
totally
quote:
> inadequate. Let's see if we can devise some more analogous
situations:
quote:
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> Vermont governor Jim Douglas says "Florida's winters are too cold."
> Liechtenstein government tells President Bush his country is too
> small.
> Australia says Zaire's coastline is too long.
> Ru Paul claims Billy Graham is a transvestite.
> Rap singers decry today's music's lack of melody, nuance.
> Ozzie Osbourne says Doris Day movies rife with foul language.
> Timothy Leary calls US drug policy "too permissive."
> Charles Manson questions Dr. Benjamin Spock's recommendations on
> child care.
> Star Trek's Mr. Spock says Britney Spears is "too logical."
> "Hustler" magazine accuses the Disney Channel of promoting
obscenity.
quote:
> Dolly Parton says Gwyneth Paltrow's breasts are too big.
> Madonna dismisses Elizabeth II as "promiscuous slut."
> Al Capone derides Carrie Nation as a bootlegger.
> Adolf Hitler criticizes Swiss as war-mongers.
> Josef Stalin says "Winston Churchill is a Communist!"
> Vatican slams Saudi government as "pawn of the Papacy."
> Osama bin Laden denounces John Paul II as "Muslim terrorist."
> Bobby Fischer claims Baruch Spinoza was "paranoid Jew-hater."
> Eric Schiller calls Edward Winter a bad historian.
Unfortunately, Schiller has done just that. The following is from a
Winter article:
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Koltanowski wrote: "Twice Tarrasch mounted a campaign to take the
world
title from Lasker - and twice Lasker beat him badly."
I quoted this in the September-October 1986 issue of Chess Notes and
simply
added a five-word rhetorical question, "When was the second time?"
The item
was included on page 160 of my 1996 book Chess Explorations.
A straightforward matter, it might be thought, but now enter Eric
Schiller.
In late 1999 he posted on his website the following monstrosity:
"Young Mr Winter gives as an 'example of general carelessness'
that
Koltanowski makes the absurd statement that Tarrasch played two matches
with
Lasker, as only one was played. Anyone who has followed the careers of
these
great players knows that there were, of course, two matches. The second
match does contain some rather poor play by Tarrasch, who got
clobbered, but
nevertheless it was a real match. The games are presented below. In his
90s
Kolty may slip up from time to time. But the insult by the impudent
young
chess historian is without foundation. In any case, Kolty's witty
prose and
wealth of anecdotes are far more valuable than some whining lad who
can't
even get the facts right."
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Unlike Gorfool and His I-ness, Schiller can write readable prose at
times.
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> I could go on, but I think this conveys the idea.
LOL! Wonderful Taylor! Just wonderful!
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