ATTACK IS THE BEST DEFENSE
<Of course, when CL made it mandatory for every article to have a
red- baiting angle, Evans complied with his wild, fact-free
allegations> --
David Kane
The opposite of rabid anti-Soviet bias evidently is pro-Soviet bias,
largely exhibited here by both Jurgen and David Kane who lied
outright because no such directive was ever issued by me or
any other editor of Chess Life to any writer in this magazine..
In fact, the opposite was true. GM Evans was asked to tone down
his criticism of FIDE on several occasions..
I<If David Kane has any proof of his ludicrous charge, let him
present it here.>
Unable to offer a scintilla of proof -- as expected -- the Kanestar
typically launches new smears and the old Ad Hom Attack.
David Kane wrote:
> <parrthenon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
news:ede19792-8086-4380-9cf4-5d7691a873f9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > PUT UP OR SHUT UP, MR. KANE!
> >
> > <Of course, when CL made it mandatory for every article to have a
> > red-
> > baiting angle, Evans complied with his wild, fact-free allegations> --
> > David
> > Kane
> >
> > The opposite of rabid anti-Soviet bias evidently is pro-Soviet bias,
> > largely exhibited here by bothf Jurgen and David Kane who lied
> > outright because no such directive was ever issued by me or
> > any other editor of Chess Life to any writer in this magazine..
> > In fact, the opposite was true. GM Evans was asked to tone down
> > his criticism of FIDE on several occasions..
> >
> > If David Kane has any proof of his ludicrous charge, let him present
> > it here.
>
> Parr continues to astound with his ridiculous arguments. First,
> he raised the technicality that GM Evans' was an independent
> contractor rather than a salaried employee as proof of something.
> His new line is that only a written directive can establish policy.
> The man is surely confused. If you are going to shoot down
> strawmen, at least build up something worth shooting at.
>
> During the period that Chess Life was filled cover to cover
> with sophomoric polemic, do you think that GM Evans
> was too stupid to notice? Of course not. And it was at
> this time that his own writing moved away from its somewhat
> more responsible approach earlier in his life.
>
> There are more inconsistencies in Evans' output than
> any one man can do***ent. Many of them have been
> posted here repeatedly (such as his approach to
> Fischer, at first reasonable, later blaming the Soviets
> for Fischer's own behavior) and I'll not bother
> repeating it.
>
> A particular favorite of mine is approach to playing
> in Cuba. He ****trays himself as a fearless maverick -
> defying the embargo as a matter of principle. But
> isn't that just aiding the same evil communists responsible
> for all of the worlds ills in his other posts? Not only
> that, but he brings out this particular little story as a
> reason for why it was wrong to get upset at
> Fischer for defying the worldwide embargo
> on Serbia - a country, let us not forget, that
> was actively engaged in genocidal repression.
>
> Consistency is not highly valued in Parr's crowd.
>
> For the record, I do not hold Karpov responsible
> for the USSR's wrongdoing any more than I
> hold Keres' responsible for the Nazis' for playing
> in Nazi-organized tournaments. How they
> behaved politically is frankly of little interest to
> me. How they behaved as chessplaying s****tsmen
> has a lot more to do with my view of them.
> And Karpov does deserve condemnation on
> that count - there was abominable s****tsman****p
> on both sides and Karpov certainly does deserve
> some of the blame for the behavior of his side.
>
> But the truth is that for both Karpov and
> Korchnoi it was always about the chess -
> the political controversy was a manufactured
> sideshow. And they did give the chess world a
> memorable match.
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