And who does Mr. RoadRunner sound like? The greatest chess promoter in
history? Interesting that Truong uses roadrunner ip services in Lubbock.

I wonder if he knows the meaning of "hubris."
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by RoadRunner on Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:19 pm

John Hillery wrote:
1) Criticism of Board member is not an attack on the USCF. Board members
are not hereditary monarchs, and if they do something wrong, they can
and should be criticized. The possibility of unjust criticism is the
price we have to pay for free speech. I still wonder if you would take
the same attitude if the criticism were aimed at someone of whom you
disapproved. (Sam Sloan?)

2) Once you accept the principle that the Board can restrict who writes
for Chess Life on the basis of their speech, there's no place to stop.
The editor would merely be a mouthpiece for whatever faction controlled
the Board. This system didn't work well in the Soviet Union, and we
don't want it here.

3) Since we seem to have reached the point at which you are simply
chanting "four legs good, two legs bad," I will have nothing more to say
on the subject. The readers should have enough information to make their
own decision.
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John thank you for giving me the last word. I guess that is your
admission that you are wrong here. Or certainly that you refuse to
listen to what I have to say.

1) Let me ask you to imagine a big successful company like Microsoft.
That is certainly successful. Imagine further that: Now they have a
magazine called Microsoft Magazine that goes out to all the employees of
the company and all investors in the stock. This magazine has writers
who openly severely criticize the Board of Directors of Microsoft. The
employee of Microsoft who is the Editor of the magazine informs Bill
Gates that he has to pay this writer money for his articles because
Hanken says the writer has freedom of speech. How long do you imagine it
will take for the editor to get his severance check from the company. Do
you think the new editor will hire this same writer because of freedom
of speech.

Sam Sloan is not a member of the EB of USCF. He is simply a member of
the USCF.

2) I support Free Speech and all of its Constitutional guarantees. This
is not a Free Speech issue. Stop trying to change the topic.

3) Hanken and Hillary have 2 legs each. Together they have 4. Nice try
to become a 4 legged animal. I have no idea what this red herring has to
do with the discussion. Are you trying to say you are prejudiced?

I will leave off with one statement. I have run a few successful
companies. If you and Hanken worked for me you would be fired
immediately in the middle of the day and receive a severance check
immedately and escorted to the door never to return. I would never put
up with your insolence.

in·so·lence –noun
1. contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
2. the quality or condition of being insolent.

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