Originally posted by Ice ColdI was waiting for you to put in an appearance to comment on it. I knew you would use just the right words to express, what Arrakis would say. 😉
I talk to Arrakis often. He has no interest in this site. Once banned he never came back, and is quite happy now playing elsewhere.
I am sure he would tell us all to kiss his arse. 🙂
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Originally posted by Ice ColdIt's too bad Don was such a hysterical flake sometimes; he was pretty knowledgeable about chess and his posts and some discussions with him helped my game. I hope to see him some day OTB (that's "Over the Board" for those who don't know).
I talk to Arrakis often. He has no interest in this site. Once banned he never came back, and is quite happy now playing elsewhere.
I am sure he would tell us all to kiss his arse. 🙂
Give him my best.
EDIT: Looking at the USCF website, I see he hasn't been playing much the last couple of years. I hope he's OK.
Originally posted by darvlaythanks Darv.
I just want to publically retract this statement and apologize to Red.
This was said out of anger.
I want to also apologize if I misrepresented any aspect of your probems with the admins.
I have said it before and I'll say it again. I'm glad you're back.
In a broader sense I will also say that, while I can't speak for everyone, I don't think this fight was ever about you. Most people seem to be happy to have you here. It was about the perception that members of a certain group get preferential treatment.
I've been warned by the mods not to repeat certain allegations, although I'm not allowed to know what allegations I cannot repeat. so, I want to make it clear that I am not now suggesting that you got preferential treatment, since I don't know if you did and don't know if that is what I'm not allowed to say. I'm just suggesting as a disinterested bystander that it appears that is what the fight is about.
Originally posted by Red NightApology accepted.
thanks Darv.
I want to also apologize if I misrepresented any aspect of your probems with the admins.
I have said it before and I'll say it again. I'm glad you're back.
In a broader sense I will also say that, while I can't speak for everyone, I don't think this fight was ever about you. Most people seem to be happy to have you here. It was abo ...[text shortened]... gesting as a disinterested bystander that it appears that is what the fight is about.
Thanks, Red.
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Originally posted by Red NightThis is what's called a non-apology apology. From wiki:
thanks Darv.
I want to also apologize if I misrepresented any aspect of your probems with the admins.
I have said it before and I'll say it again. I'm glad you're back.
In a broader sense I will also say that, while I can't speak for everyone, I don't think this fight was ever about you. Most people seem to be happy to have you here. It was abo gesting as a disinterested bystander that it appears that is what the fight is about.
A non-apology apology is a statement in the form of an apology that is nothing of the sort, a common gambit in politics and public relations. It most commonly entails the speaker saying that he or she is sorry not because of any realization on his or her own part, but rather only because a person who has been aggrieved is requesting the apology, expressing a grievance, or threatening some form of retribution or retaliation.
An example of a non-apology apology would be to say "I'm sorry if you were offended by my remarks" to someone who has been offended. This does not admit that there was anything wrong with the remarks made, and it subtly insinuates that the person taking offense was excessively thin-skinned or irrational in taking offense at the remarks in the first place.
RN: I want to also apologize if I misrepresented any aspect of your problems with the admins.(emphasis added)
RN doesn't admit he did anything wrong. His last sentence is his typical, disingenuous deviousness; the perception he is referring to is one he has actively cultivated not something that has spontaneously popped up.
You continue to be a fraud, liar and hypocrite, RN. Don't expect an apology from me for saying so.
RN (from the Site Ideas thread): Should the TOS be amended to refelct the new reality that the rules do not apply to members of certain clans and groups?
"Disinterested bystander" my ass.
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Originally posted by no1marauderPut the law books away! Does it bother you that much that two users are now getting along with each other. Don't be so petty!
This is what's called a non-apology apology. From wiki:
A non-apology apology is a statement in the form of an apology that is nothing of the sort, a common gambit in politics and public relations. It most commonly entails the speaker saying that he or she is sorry not because of any realization on his or her own part, but rather only be to members of certain clans and groups?
"Disinterested bystander" my ass.
It gets boring after awhile, and makes you look bad.
😴
Originally posted by Very RustyPhoniness should be condemned.
Put the law books away! Does it bother you that much that two users are now getting along with each other. Don't be so petty!
It gets boring after awhile, and makes you look bad.
😴
Your buddy remains a liar, fraud and hypocrite.
Have you asked him what "several" means? Or when was the last OTB USCF tournament he played in?