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Author Re: FIDE and Karpov
The Historian

2006-08-23, 7:37 pm


help bot wrote:
quote:

> parrthenon@cs.com wrote:
>
>
>
> I wonder if Mr. Parr is even aware that he keeps repeating the
> mantra (that Taylor Kingston has posted "in praise of himself")
> without having ever established this as fact. Perhaps because
> he wishes it to be true, Mr. Parr believes that all others must be
> as convinced as he is, himself.
>
> As for me, I believe the anons Xylothist (whose postings I have
> never seen) and Polly Graf (whose postings I cannot remember)
> may or may not be Taylor Kingston. There is also the distinct
> possibility that these postings are by someone else, who, like
> Taylor Kingston, has taken exception to the Parrian claptrap.
> Unless and until Mr. Parr can demonstrate that these postings
> actually included "praise", and not merely agreement, his case
> is easily dismissed as unsupported by evidence.
>
> I am reminded of the many postings by Sam Sloan imposters,
> quite a few of which fooled enough people to elicit criticism and
> activate Sloan's standard defense team. Some of these posts
> are constructed such that Sam himself if forced to point out the
> reason they cannot be genuine, whereupon the focus shifts to
> careful examination of headers. Nobody has yet suggested
> the possibility that Sam Sloan himself is the culprit, even though
> he seems desperate for attention, and this is as good a way as
> any to get more of it.
>
> -- help bot


I've suggested it before. No one listed to me.

Cassandra

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