>>[RotR] Chico: Not sure how you can claim my points were different to Chapindads when you admit you have read my IM.
Also, you have now painted me as anti-CESA with your choice of words. To set the record straight, in my IM I admitted that I supported the changes to #4 & #5, so I guess I am as 'guilty' as CESA! So much for being 'gleeful'!
Looking at posts #80310 and #80343. Instead of accepting Chapindads word, you accuse him of an 'intense dislike of CESA' and doubt the accuracy of his statements by using the word 'apparently'. Don't you consider this strange when you where aware of the facts that Chapindad was simply repeating?
No hiding here Chico ... very few people throughout SCYSA will support your claim, and I am sure that it was more than me that had a good laugh at your final accusation!!
Got to leave this one alone for now! Have a great day!<<
I understand why you'd want to leave this alone. Several notes.
First, what you or anyone else sends me in a private message is private -- just as when people send me an e-mail it's private. I can't get on and take the position you want me to using your "facts" that were in essence "whispered" to me to advance some purpose you have that I may or may not understand. I'm sorry this is so difficult to understand; however, there is a difference between what Chapindad did (getting on and talking about a subject in public) and what you did (sending a private message alleging something.) One I can discuss in public; the other I can't without your raising the issue publicly. I hope this helps in understanding the core issue here raised in your note.
Look...everyone on this message board has biases. I think it's a lot better when people admit them and then we move on beyond those biases. I try to admit mine up front.
It's no secret that I'm not a fan of the SCYSA based on their ruling limiting choice last year. It's no secret that you're not either after what they did to you a few seasons ago. I think it's important to get those on the table, and then try to argue from a logical and consistent position. In other words, despite believing that the SCYSA has made mistakes in the past that we don't like, it's more than possible that they can do quite good things now and in the future. However, both of us walk into this with a bias -- so admitting that bias is the first step toward trying to keep an open mind on the issue.
The difference in this "debate" is that Chapindad is actually talking about the issues; you apparently refuse to discuss the very issue that you keep raising privately. If you are "for" #4 and #5, have the courage to state why you believe it to be the right thing for the players.
I apologize if you feel I've painted you "anti-CESA"; right now the only strong position I perceive you to be taking is "anti public debate" or "anti public discussion" or "pro private innuendo."
