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#81 January 20, 2008, 05:34:06 am

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It is possible to respect or find interest in certain aspects of other individuals without having to embrace the entire individual as some sort of role model.

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#82 January 21, 2008, 01:37:26 am

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Quote from: Catslacks on January 20, 2008, 05:34:06 am

It is possible to respect or find interest in certain aspects of other individuals without having to embrace the entire individual as some sort of role model.

This pretty much explains the entire topic.

After all, I don't see how this entire debate was brought up, of course he was an antisemitic, but he was highlighted as a wonderful chess player, and nothing else. I can't see why it's so hard to grasp that you don't have to like every thing about a person.

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#83 January 21, 2008, 07:18:57 am

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Well, the premise of this debate was spurred by the fact people thought I was trying to "hide" the fact he was anti-semitic. Which is certainly not what I did. Though I didn't discuss every last detail, I did so because I felt it was unnecessary and irrelevant to what I was trying to tell you. So that's why.

I was kind of hoping that there'd be some other chess enthusiast in here who'd be willing to talk about Fischer's games with me.

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