FROGS
First, John Hillery takes some necessarily
limited solace in what he would have my subordinates
say about me at, presumably, Chess Life, though
possibly at Glasnost News & Review which I also edited.
..
Secondly, I respond that John's tragedy is he
never had any subordinates.
Thirdly, Neil Brennen says we are acting out
Aristophanes' Frogs.
Finally, perhaps, I say, "Plunk your magic
twanger, Froggie."
How can we ever forget the Buster Brown Shoe Show
with Andy Devine and Billy Gilbert?
Yours, Larry Parr
The Historian wrote:
> On Apr 17, 9:13 am, "parrthe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <parrthe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > DEAR JOHN
> >
> > <Gee, Larry, when some of your former subordinates told me you
> > reminded
> > them of a cartoon caricature of an extra from "The Front Page," I
> > though it was a joke.> -- JKH (John Hillery)
> >
> > You have never had any former subordinates.
> > Genuinely wish that you had had.
> >
> > Yours, Larry Parr
>
> This is turning into a chessic version of The Frogs. Cue the croaking
> chorus!
>
> > jkh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > > parrthe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > > > AMBULANCE CHASER
> >
> > > > < Stick to chasing ambulances in New York, Brian.> -- John Hillery
to
> > > > Brian Lafferty
> >
> > > > The ultimate ambulance chasers are journalists
> > > > followed by lawyers, puffing mightily behind.
> >
> > > > If John Hillery had called Brian Lafferty a
> > > > shyster, I might have disagreed with the
> > > > characterization but I would not be writing this.
> >
> > > > Point of posting?
> >
> > > > Just this: "ambulance chaser" is a strange
> > > > insult for a journalist or, in the case of John
> > > > Hillery, would-be journalist to voice. John's
> > > > problem, as viewed by those at the USCF who would
> > > > never hire him as editor of Chess Life, was that he
> > > > lacked the essential energy to head up an enterprise
> > > > such as a magazine. Too languid.
> >
> > > > For the sake of argument, one could come up with
> > > > all kinds of malign aspersions against Mr. Lafferty.
> > > > But as I say, journalists usually stress the crooked
> > > > side of the pettifogging, hospital-haunting, banana
> > > > peel-dropping, tort-touting profession rather than the
> > > > active, athletic component.
> >
> > > > Yours, Larry Parr
> >
> > > Gee, Larry, when some of your former subordinates told me you
reminded
> > > them of a cartoon caricature of an extra from "The Front Page," I
> > > though it was a joke. But it sounds like your view of journalism
> > > really does put scoops and sensationalism ahead of responsibility
and
> > > integrity. (We won't mention good writing; that one's a lost cause.)
> > > I'm sure there are places where your attitude would be appreciated
> > > (the National Enquirer comes to mind), but you were a poor fit for
> > > Chess Life, and you have now been reduced to the answer to a trivia
> > > question.
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