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Old March 6th 08, 09:09 AM posted to rec.games.chess.misc,rec.games.chess.computer
David Richerby
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Default Anti-Semitism on FICS (Free Internet Chess Server)

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."


That seems the most likely, though it could be "kills you".

I figured that this must have just passed by some tired
administrator


As I recall, FICS usernames aren't passed by administrators. You can
use whatever you want but the admins reserve the right to delete
accounts with offensive names. This name has never been "approved",
as such, by FICS; just not rejected.


Dave.

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