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• Macauley, 4 December 2008, 23.08: 18.Rxf6 — hot 20.Nf4 — YOWSA!
• me, 4 December 2008, 22.45: You are totally off in the last part. It’s the laws that define what is right and what is wrong. So the laws are right by default. And yes, in a...
• Thorn, 4 December 2008, 22.33: I fully agree with Richard DeCredico on this point. While it will guarantee more readers, it dramatically lowers the standards of this site if you focus...
• Michel83, 4 December 2008, 22.18: 1. False. In a dictatorship they don’t. In a democracy often the parliament and the governement make rules that the majority is against (and...
• Titus, 4 December 2008, 21.58: Does white (beauty) has more than perpetual after 18 .., gxf6 19 Qxh6 fxg5 20 Qxg5+ Kh7! ??
• me, 4 December 2008, 21.57: The laws represent what the majority of people think it is right. True or false? If the majority is against the existing rules, they stand up and change the...
• Michel83, 4 December 2008, 21.48: (I quoted you wrongly: You used a and not a , I confused them. And don’t tell me you were just joking, I’m not that stupid…)
• Michel83, 4 December 2008, 21.46: @ me I was NOT comparing death penalty to Ivanchuk case, I used it as an example for your way of thinking that “everybody who breaks a rule has...
• mdamien, 4 December 2008, 21.08: 20 Nf4 … wow.
• me, 4 December 2008, 21.08: You are comparing Ivanchuk’s case with death penalties? Hmm, maybe you are for asylum too OK, lets say that you would live in a country where all...

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