On Apr 11, 12:17 pm, "The Masked Bishop" wrote:
On Mar 13, 10:32 am, "Rob" wrote:

It's very tiresome to read nothing but personal attacks. It is childish
and counter productive.

Um, call me clueless, but isn't that the SOLE PURPOSE of this
generally stupid thread?

You are clueless!

If Rob Mitchell had wanted to make a personal
attack in this thread, he of course would have
singled someone out, but he didn't. It is quite
obvious that you are, therefore, clueless.

The purpose of this thread was clearly to whine
and complain, not to launch any personal attack.
What I find odd is that RM will whine and complain
about any "attack" on (or valid criticism of) his old
pal, IM Innes, while at the same time ignoring
identical ad hominem targeting others in the very
same threads. Talk about selective memory... .
(This is precisely why I continue to question the
claim that these "two" are not one and the same
patzer.)

One thing I find annoying (apart from ad hominem
substituting for rational discussion of issues) is the
multitude of fake identities of a relative few posters
here, posing as a multitude in order to lend their
questionable arguments apparent support in
numbers, if not in facts or reason. For instance,
while a few may enjoy deciphering the many
faces of "sam sloan", I for one have better things
to do with my time (like getting clobbered by mere
patzers at RedHotPawn, for instance).

For those who may believe the chess newsgroups
have little or no value, let me reassure you that
nothing could be further from the truth; the folks
who are conducting in-depth studies of ad hominem
*need* these newsgroups as source material, just
as we need air to breathe. No other ready source
can compare. The simple truth is, we are in a class
of our own.

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