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Re: even the Mayor of Lac M is calling for regulatory changes.
OK, let's make this clear. Yes, you are right, "the Mayor of Lac-Mégantic is calling for regulatory changes". I have never contested that, and I agree that the regulations need to be changed to prevent disasters like this from occurring again. From what I can tell, the wheels are in motion here. http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/...fety-regs.html
However your statements are completely different. You claim that regulations have been removed, and the removal of said regulations are a contributing factor to the accident. That I totally disagee with. I again challenge you to provide evidence supporting your claim.
Your postings are approaching those of rants, and show your own ideological leanings. It's not what I would expect of a moderator.
Re: even the Mayor of Lac M is calling for regulatory changes.
Quite simply, the number of people on a train has been changed over the years. It all began with the destruction of the caboose by the Mulroney regime and has gotten worse and worse up to the present neo-liberal regime of S. Harper. This regime has made no secret of their venom towards public regulation, it's enthusiasm for stripping them of their teeth, and so on. All this is public record.
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
Your postings are approaching those of rants, and show your own ideological leanings. It's not what I would expect of a moderator.
I read this as your ideological leanings showing. Make your arguments or quit whining. I don't feel the need to remain silent on issues that interest me nor should I. I don't use my moderator role as a bully pulpit and it's quite easy to separate moderating from debate. If I was paid for this position it would be a different story.
The extremist views that I read here may well be one of the reasons why chess doesn't get the kind of support it could or should; too much one-sided politics masquerading as a majority view. I get the feeling that some people here are never challenged on their views and have difficulty with debate. I hope you aren't one of those.
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
Quite simply, the number of people on a train has been changed over the years. It all began with the destruction of the caboose by the Mulroney regime and has gotten worse and worse up to the present neo-liberal regime of S. Harper. This regime has made no secret of their venom towards public regulation, it's enthusiasm for stripping them of their teeth, and so on. All this is public record.
Rant, rant, rant. No facts, just opinion. The number of times you use the phrase "neo-liberal" shows that people should be putting YOU on their ignore list. And your use of terms like 'venom' and 'sinister' shows that you harbor deep hatred of whomever you feel fits your definition of neo-liberal.
You still HAVE NOT and CAN NOT provide the cause-and-effect facts to back your claims. If a child can do it and you can't....
Only the rushing is heard...
Onward flies the bird.
...the number of people on a train has been changed over the years...
That's it? That's your set of 'facts' proving your earlier statements? What an insult to ChessTalk readers! You must think our IQ is in the single digits.
The number of people on airplanes has also been changed over the years. The airlines don't want any empty seats, it cuts into their profits. Nothing to do with government, it's just capitalism going full swing. And although the people travelling by plane are suffering from less scheduled flights, there is no evidence that this has been causing more plane accidents.
Just TRY and provide evidence that 'number of people on a train' correlates directly to an increase in train accidents and disasters. You can't do it, it's not there. I DIRECTLY CHALLENGE YOU TO PROVIDE SUCH EVIDENCE.
The extremist views are coming from our own moderator.
Only the rushing is heard...
Onward flies the bird.
Re: even the Mayor of Lac M is calling for regulatory changes.
Nigel, look at your own words. "ideologically-driven feverish enthusiasm for the free fall of a regulatory desert in Canada. Google is your friend. Soon Canadians will have to pay for the privilege of having their towns blown up by reckless rail companies and their stooges in government. And all this at a time when the suicidal oil and gas industry is frothing with enthusiasm for moving highly explosive fuels and bitumen (disguised as harmless substances, of course!) by rail". This is a rant, pure and simple.
My complaint about your original post was that I felt that it was factually incorrect. I asked you to provide evidence to back up your statement. You did not. I have made my arguments against your post, citing changes being made to the freight rail regulations to improve safety. If you feel that you are correct in this matter, then you should be able to provide evidence supporting your own statements.
I enjoy debating matters using facts. But a rant is not a debate. And calling me a whiner is resorting to ad hominen attacks.
Re: even the Mayor of Lac M is calling for regulatory changes.
The elimination of the caboose on trains simply reflects changes in technology.
"With the invention of the Telemetry Marker (that little flashing red light on the end), the caboose became obsolete. The Telemetry Marker sends information to a display in the locomotive indicating whether the end of the train is moving and the brake pressure at the end. Because the Engineer can now tell that the train hasn't broken in half, there's no need for someone at the end to alert the engineer.
It was really more of a "do we really need it" situation, although the caboose doesn't add considerable weight to the train, it does take extra time to hitch it to the end, and it costs money to maintain equipment, so less equipment to maintain equals less money spent."
Nigel, look at your own words. "ideologically-driven feverish enthusiasm for the free fall of a regulatory desert in Canada. Google is your friend. Soon Canadians will have to pay for the privilege of having their towns blown up by reckless rail companies and their stooges in government. And all this at a time when the suicidal oil and gas industry is frothing with enthusiasm for moving highly explosive fuels and bitumen (disguised as harmless substances, of course!) by rail". This is a rant, pure and simple.
My complaint about your original post was that I felt that it was factually incorrect. I asked you to provide evidence to back up your statement. You did not. I have made my arguments against your post, citing changes being made to the freight rail regulations to improve safety. If you feel that you are correct in this matter, then you should be able to provide evidence supporting your own statements.
I enjoy debating matters using facts. But a rant is not a debate. And calling me a whiner is resorting to ad hominen attacks.
Nigel will just ignore you now. You have effectively reduced him to troll status and his solution to that is always to walk away (or censor your posts).
That stuff about the caboose was good... GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND, NIGEL.
Only the rushing is heard...
Onward flies the bird.
Re: even the Mayor of Lac M is calling for regulatory changes.
What has all this train stuff to do with the Havana tournament?
If Nigel wasn't so emotionally fired up here he would have promptly derailed the debate and transferred the train stuff to a separate thread.
So, Nigel, take a deep breath, count to ten, and transfer the train stuff elsewhere, please.
An interesting thing about this game is that Stockfish evaluated White’s 50. Ke6, 59. Ke6 and 61. Ke6 moves as all very bad and yet White won. Bad is a relative term in this game obviously.
Ivanchuk is back playing chess again.
Capablanca Memorial 2014 Elite
Round Eight
May 16, 2014
Almasi, Zoltan-Ivanchuk, Vassily
C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main Line
Capablanca Memorial 2014 Open I
May 12, 2014
Round Five
Borges Feria, Yasel (2427) – Gerzhoy, Leonid
E69 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main Line
So had his much needed revenge against Dominguez in yesterday's round 8 :o Now he just has to coast for the next 2 games, draw with Chucky and Zoltan, depending on the situation. Another win would seal the deal, what if Brauzon wins his last 2 games. Chucky is still dangerous no matter what the standings show and Wes needs to be careful.
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