You know I came home from work today boiling hot sticky and exhausted and the first thing I did was click on that wonderful song you left for me.

It refreshed me as much as a shower in the mighty Zambezi Falls.

I officially no longer care what happens on the Fischer thread.

People get exactly what they want in the end, usually.

<Mage of Maple>, <Chancho>, <Ed Labate>-

Thanks you guys-- When you or anyone else tells me they have copied and archived this thread, post the "GO AHEAD" here and I'm deleting all of it.

The time limit is FIVE DAYS.

Exactly FIVE DAYS from now I delete all of this and it's <AA Alekhine Shrine> again.

Thanks to you all-

Click my Avatar to join in. Anyone is welcome.

I didn't delete anything you put in my forum-

Was it a Porno movie?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlte...

DOH!

Thank for the heads up-

I've fixed it.

<FIRST- Annie K's post>:

Jul-17-09
Annie K.: <Jessica> first, I've known <tpstar> for many years now (on this site). Please let me assure you that he is not the kind of person who would ever use sock puppets, for any purpose. But you can check this post out as well: Wesley So - and there are other posts by this person, which are in the same language as is used on the So page as far as I can tell - to confirm his non-identity.

Second, I'm afraid your reading comprehension has failed you there a little, if you really believe <tpstar> was attempting in any way to attribute that quote to the posters on the So page, as this is very easily refuted by noticing that this list of <examples of "cultish" behavior> includes a reference to Kramnik as well:

<Cults are serious business and typically prey on the young ("Pawns are better than Rooks in the endgame") and weak-minded ("Alekhine would only be rated around 2000 nowadays"), by promoting dishonest propaganda ("<Kramnik is the strongest tactical player in the world>"), outright lying ("We just want to be left alone in peace"), wild paranoia ("Internet chess players are cheaters") and conspiracy theories (9/11 was a "spectacular display – I enjoyed watching it on the day").>

While some of the sources of those quotes may be unclear, the inclusion of the Kramnik reference should make it easy enough to discern that not all (if any) of these examples relate directly to the So page.

I do agree somewhat that including these non-relevant quotations may have been an unnecessary digression, but it is only consistent with <tpstar>'s habit of drawing parallels to other cg.com pages, and the motivation you attribute to him for doing so is clearly incorrect.

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<SECOND, my reply to her post>

Jul-17-09

jessicafischerqueen: <Annie> I do see your point- but if <tpstar's> motives were not odious- he is still responsible for anticipating what effect such "incendiary comic" rhetorical devices may have on the audience. No matter what he actually intended.

That is- it's so easy to read his 9-11 quote as a direct attack on the Barangay that he must take responsibility-

For example, if he simply posted what you have just posted to me-

If he posted that on the Barangay, and made it clear in a straight, declarative sentence:

"I in no way meant to suggest that you people support Bobby's opinions on 9-11"-

This would show great good faith on <tpstar's> part.

And I think he is obligated, at this point, to make such a gesture.

As for the <sock> thing I have no info on that and it has nothing to do with the main point I'm trying to make.

When we get "too clever" with our humor and rhetoric-- especially when it deals with incendiary topics-- we risk being misunderstood, and more importantly- we risk seriously offending people.

Thanks for your post here, by the way-

I do understand what you've said.

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<THIRD My conclusion>-

I don't think <tpstar> meant to be malicious on this matter- but I think he bears some responsibility for disambiguating himself on the <So Page>.

A simple "I do no believer any of you really supports Bobby's opinions on 9-11" would go a long, long, way towards defusing this most unfortunate turn of events.

Ok now I'm shutting up about it.

Good grief no-

That could never happen.

I've been intending to answer each and every bit of mail in my forum for days now-

Lots of it is still unanswered including your query- and yes it's been the crazy work schedule at the end of the semester.

The Canadia Health Care system-

Ok it's worse than the American Health Care system provided that the American person in question has a decent health plan.

Viz- this American would enjoy faster and better health service.

Now if you don't have a Health Plan in the US, you are kind of screwed if you get really sick, to say the least.

But in Canada, the "Universal Health Care Act" is now a joke.

Though a federal statute, it is in fact administered Provinically.

So via the questionable use of "user fees" -- fees that actually break the Federal statute-- a person without a good income may face the same fate as an uninsured American-- depending on the Province.

IE- In Alberta the Universal Health Care Act has been gutted in actual practice. Conditions there would be pretty much identical to in the US.

BC has almost totally gutted the Act.

But Quebec has upheld the Act- that is, an impoverished person in Quebec does in fact get full medical coverage, including for long term palliative care, expensive operations, etc.

In Korea there is an affordable Universal Health Care Act that is so amazing that people from all over the Asian world come here as "medical tourists" to get stuff done.

No waiting, low cost, and state of the art modern medical equipment for any who needs it.

As a non-card carrying poor American, I can say that everyone gets cared for no matter what. If you don't have insurance or whatever, they just use some gummamint program to pay for it.