A1 <andrew_zito@...> wrote:
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 17:56:54 +0000 (GMT)
From: A1
Subject: Re: [fide-chess] I pay my own dues (Is US Chess Social?)
To: fide-chess@yahoogroups.com
Maybe organized chess in the USA should be organizationally member based and socially oriented throughout instead of always finance-centric and service oriented then maybe it will be self-sustaining as it will not have to satisfy the egotistical demands of capital and industry who think everything must be in their image since they pay for.
From: A1
Subject: Re: [fide-chess] I pay my own dues (Is US Chess Social?)
To: fide-chess@yahoogroups.com
Maybe organized chess in the USA should be organizationally member based and socially oriented throughout instead of always finance-centric and service oriented then maybe it will be self-sustaining as it will not have to satisfy the egotistical demands of capital and industry who think everything must be in their image since they pay for.
A1
chesspride@... wrote:
In a message dated 1/9/04 12:10:01 AM Eastern Standard Time,
fidelis@... writes:
> Why we in
> chess should be looking to such a person to advance our art > is just one of
> those questions that our FIDE "team" prefers not to answer.
> Beggars and despots: the history of FIDE since 1982.
The capitalist response would be that if professional chess were self-sustaining economically, someone would be doing it.
Few are, so the brutal economic truth seems obvious.
ECJ
Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now
Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now
Offline 
Send Email