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**Chess One** · September 30th 06, 06:51 PM posted to rec.games.chess.politics

"The Historian" wrote in message
ups.com...

wrote:
A simpler solution: Dissolve the profit-driven scholastic chess
movement, returning chess to a game played for fun in youth and
adulthood. Eliminate the mega-tournaments with the mega-trophies.

Pretty soon everyone walking in to a tournament or wanting to coach a
team will have to **** in a bottle , be fingerprinted, and submit to
temporary chemical castration.

Ridiculous? Yes. But no less so than a program that would be incredibly
expensive to design and could only benefit those who already profiteer
from the angst of Americans and the soccer moms.

Parents are the guardians of their children, not the rest of the world.

Well said. The proposed program reminds me of all the political
correctness crap floating around these days.

I wonder what would cause anyone to be reminded of the actual offense -
rape - or in more general terms, aggravated sexual assault.

I do not have the slightest objection in resenting any schemes put in place
to deal with that, as long as it is a sincere response to looking at both
the extent and the momentum this issue has.

But almost all responses skip addressing this issue, and instead set up
strawmen arguments which restrict their freedom which they are then pleased
to rubbish.

No one afraid to inform themselves by candidly looking at the offense this
situation contains need be taken seriously.

Phil Innes