GMTonyKosten wrote on 04/15/22 at 08:17:29:


I see that point, but I am not sure the next non-chess trolling muppet would search for other examples of systematic irrelevance.

I'd say to just purge. Flush. 

I don't see the point of the non-chess part anyhow. Never did. Just invites such nonsense. If I want to talk about Benoni theory, I don't go to a site about contemporary politics, or about 17th century aristocractic gardening, or whatever. Likewise should hold. Bin the section.

Chess anyone...?

GMTonyKosten wrote on 04/14/22 at 09:55:25:


I think that it's up to admins, Tony. Whatever decision will be fine with me.

GMTonyKosten wrote on 04/14/22 at 09:55:25:

In general I am against deleting posts and threads. It creates a bit of a knowledge vacuum where some future new poster can't see the sort of stuff that is not allowed. It would be better to tag the posts with "account banned" or some such. Locking threads occasionally is also okay. And I doubt the "go to hell" Ukrainians give two figs about the deletion or retention of posts by SteveUK.

Of course it is your call in the end.

No objection from me either, but on the contrary strong support. What really galled me, even more than the conspiracy tosh called out by Bibs and recommendation of the vicious website “Bitchute” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitChute), was the suggestion that Putin wishes he’d slaughtered the Ukrainian army in their beds – since in context that read to me as if “SteveUK” himself wishes it had been so.

None. Chit-Chat is the place for personal opinions, but even there it is assumed that whatever your opinions may be, your main purpose for joining was chess.

@SteveUK

Yes of course you know things hardly anybody knows...

Facts and truth...

You seem to know Putin personally?
Maybe send him a message that it is not quite carefully considered if you bomb schools, hospitals, civilian shelters?
Or is that fake news and being distorted by the mainstream media?

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Yes. Because you are on the side of the fundamental inhumanity and the war crimes.

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Why do you think that nobody is talking? It's a common knowledge in Ukraine that about 14,000 people including civilians died in the Donbass war in 8 years (very few people in 2020, 2021; majority of people died in the active phase of events, 2014-2015). But who's responsible if not putin who organised this war, starting with the annexation of Crimea, followed by his announcement of the nonsensical "Novorossiya", sending to us terrorist groups, like the one of the infamous Girkin, making the laughable fake referendums, and invading with Russian regular forces eventually. Ukraine was not ready for all this - our fault, but every country has rights to defend itself, and after the annexation of Crimea by putin it was crystal clear that no more territories will be given to him without our armed resistance. Everyone can compare what Ukraine did in Donbass to what Russia did (twice!) in Chechnya, and make conclusions which government is as humanistic as it gets in such situations, and which isn't.

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Yes of course, we here know nothing about Ukraine, and only you in the middle of nowhere know why putin can insist that he may have rights to send his army to occupy our lands and kill Ukrainians.