| help bot 2006-08-02, 10:46 pm |
| Larry Parr's parrot, Jr, wrote:
"I suspect he will be inundated with letters of protest when
readers are finally informed of his decision. Let's see how
this is handled in Letters to the Editor." -- Jr
Larry Parr, turning to his left shoulder, replied:
"There will either be a blackout in Chess Life re the
Evans cancellation or a carefully measured one or two
letters agin' and fer, suggesting a divided house.
The latter is the smarter and more likely ploy."
Denial. Larry Parr is already in denial, and the letters have not
even been written yet!
Yes, there will be a "divided house", an assortment of varying
opinions on the issue of Chess Life having dropped Evans' column. The
ones in favor of reinstatement have a good reason to write in to
complain, because that may be the only chance to get what they want (if
there is any chance). The others could write in to say nasty things
about Evans' column, but I wonder if it wouldn't be in bad taste to
print them. Do editors even consider such things? Once upon a time,
this would have been considered poor form because you don't kick a man
while he's down; today, however....
I somehow doubt the "blackout" possibility, as that would seem to
automatically draw heavy fire from the Evans ratpackers. This would be
akin to Fischer writing in to give Evans a good toungue-lashing for
daring to print negative comments about him in his CL column, and
Evans, upon reading the letter, deciding to just toss it in the trash
-- as if that would be the end of the matter.
IMO, Larry Parr is in denial. It's something like when you suffer
overwhelming pain, and the body goes into shock, avoiding reality. But
denial affects only the brain. The reality is that there is a wide
range of opinion regarding the dropping of Evans' column, a fact which
LP has decided to simply ignore.
-- help bot
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