Chess Forum / General Topics / July 2007

And, of course, our fine legal mind chooses to ignore the fact that
Mr. Terrie provided plenty of basis for his opinion... That fine legal
mind stated this:

Brian Lafferty wrote:
Without a stated, factual basis the opinion is just a personal
attack.

And that fine legal mind tossed out the below basis:

Hal Terrie wrote:
tanstaafl wrote:
I think Brian Lafferty needs to demonstrate that he can FOLLOW rules
before we accept him as a volunteer ENFORCING the rules, but that's
just my opinion. YMMV

My opinion as well. The old expression about letting the fox into the
henhouse comes to mind ...

-- Hal Terrie

Hal Terrie wrote:

In my opinion, Mr. Lafferty lacks even the slightest trustworthiness.
I believe the evidence shows that he came into this forum with a chip
on his shoulder, determined to make trouble from the very first day.
He whined and complained - and then threatened - until Bill Hall and
Bill Goichberg folded up like cheap suits. Now we have a massive
moderation bureaucracy but no guarantee that our esteemed USCF
Officers won't change the rules again at the slightest hint of
controversy.

-- Hal Terrie

Steve Owens