| Chess One 2006-08-02, 10:47 pm |
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"help bot" <nomorechess@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Larry Parr's parrot, Jr, wrote:
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> "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:
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> "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."
Well - let's see what happens - I just posted the following at Nolanland:-
May I ask why there has been no announcement in these forums nor in
ChessLife that 3 GM columnists have been fired by a consultant/contractor
who receives $50,000 for redesigning ChessLife and USCF's website without
undertaking a competitive bidding process?
The fired GMs include Larry Evans. The firings do not appear to be based on
the popularity of the columnists, and no objective surveys have been made in
order to make these draconian decisions.
Phil Innes
quote:
> 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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