On Mar 5, 10:34*pm, "Israel Silverman"
wrote:
I am not saying tht all the admins there are anti-semitic. I'm sure that's
not so. However, if the powers-that-be choose not to prohibit such a handle,
well, that begins to speak for itself.

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On Mar 5, 8:33 pm, "Israel Silverman"
wrote:

A day ago, I played a game with a fellow who, I astonishingly realized
after
the game began, had a user name of "killzjoo." Obviously, this is a not
so
sneaky way of saying "Kill the Jew."

*Hey, some people are just sharper than others
with these things. *Me, I found it, shall we say
very helpful that you pointed out the translation.

*Look at this one: killjoy; now, if a spelling-
challenged idiot like certain posters here in
rgc were to attempt this, it /could/ come out
as killjot, or killhoy, or something like that. *But
I cannot think of anything offhand that would
explain the "killzjoo" spelling, apart from your
reasonable explanation.

*I still recall a fellow from waaaay back when,
who had a handle (or moniker) of "tooeasy";
when I very easily defeated him, I tried to
make a joke but he apparently took offense
for the next thing I know, I am getting dashed
against the rocks by his Fritz or Chessmaster
program. *This of course, was against their
policy, yet nobody did anything about it; I say
he asked for it by selecting such a name, and
by playing to match it.

*Other problems with admins on these Web
sites frequently arise. *I knew one fellow who
volunteered to serve as an admin in order to
get a free membership. *He told me that they
pretty much did whatever they pleased, toying
with people in various ways -- even during
play. *On one site, the admins bragged they
could reliably detect computer use, yet they
had never caught any of the players I knew,
and whom I watched do this countless times.

*In sum, the above story is not surprising. *But
I would not leap to the conclusion that the
admins are all "anti-semitic"; the fact is, they
are not so very bright as you might expect. *I
bet I could go there right now and beat up on
one using Fritz... .

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Perhaps I am just old and tired. I read the intent of the nick
exactly as you do, Israel. But my sense is that someone who plays
games with such a moniker is most likely a confused and mischievous
teenager. You can try to police that kind of misbehavior if you want;
surely I can sympathize with your sensitivity. But it seems to me a
dissipation of energy. It is not necessary to bully and intimidate
and scold every vestige of anti-Semitism. Much of it goes away
naturally, over time, as people gain wisdom though hard experience.
It isn't a perfect world and the Internet, a medium which is allergic
to accountability, is more unperfect than the norm.