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What the parents need is a government which will allow chess to be treated as a sport.
People should vote for the political party which is in their best interest and not one which is popular or the polls tell them will win the election.
Chess is NOT on a political agenda. Sports (in this case) got funding for HEALTH reasons, not sport reasons. I don't think chess should qualify here because it doesn't provide the desired health benefits.
If you want chess funding, you have to fit it under the umbrella of SOMETHING ELSE the public and the governement support, but this tax break is not it.
Chess is NOT on a political agenda. Sports (in this case) got funding for HEALTH reasons, not sport reasons. I don't think chess should qualify here because it doesn't provide the desired health benefits.
If you want chess funding, you have to fit it under the umbrella of SOMETHING ELSE the public and the governement support, but this tax break is not it.
I don't think you get it. I haven't had young kids for decades.
The political agenda is ANYTHING a person wants it to be. This umbrella you talk about is arbitrary. If a political party does not wish to support an intellectual activity a person pays for his/her child to participate in, simply vote to change the party in power.
Voters have to be sophisticated and vote in their own best interests.
Chess is NOT on a political agenda. Sports (in this case) got funding for HEALTH reasons, not sport reasons. I don't think chess should qualify here because it doesn't provide the desired health benefits.
If you want chess funding, you have to fit it under the umbrella of SOMETHING ELSE the public and the governement support, but this tax break is not it.
Or it is necessary present in the right way even for health reasons. There is not only physical health, but mental as well.
Motto "use it or lose it" provides funding for my family's chess activities :D
The issue isn't simply chess. The issue is the fairness of funding what amounts to discretionary, or extra-curricular, activities.
The Conservatives haven't been good to the Westerners and it's a laugh to watch them line up to vote for Conservative again. The Conservatives decimated the wealth of so many in Alberta and B.C. who beleived their lies regarding the income trusts. These days you can pick them up at so low a price they yield 10 per cent or better. Those companies have so much cash flow and are so low priced as a result of the ill conceived legislation that pension plans and foreigners are picking the entire companies up for a song.
Wrong. The economy in the West has thrived under Harper.
everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)
Wrong. The economy in the West has thrived under Harper.
Harper had nothing to do with that. It was the world price of oil.
You might have noticed when Alberta raised the tax on resources, activity dropped off and Harper was Prime Minister then. After they reversed some of the increases activity picked up again.
How are the forestry companies doing under Harper? Are they thriving? I know the answer but do you?
You're writing about chess funding and the article deals with the arts in general. One of the arguments with chess has been if it should come under sports or the arts for funding. The article deals with Harpers attitude toward the arts.
If chess doesn't fall under sport or the arts then what does it fall under? It's recongnized by the Olympic movement and they allow the use of the "Olympics" designation for both OTB and Correspondence Chess.
You're writing about chess funding and the article deals with the arts in general. One of the arguments with chess has been if it should come under sports or the arts for funding. The article deals with Harpers attitude toward the arts.
If chess doesn't fall under sport or the arts then what does it fall under? It's recongnized by the Olympic movement and they allow the use of the "Olympics" designation for both OTB and Correspondence Chess.
Then what do you mean by "you" in this one?
"You could probably make the same argument for public libraries or many other things if you wanted to cut funding for them."
As far as I know, FIDE never uses the word "Olympics" when referring to their international team event held every two years. It's always referred to as the "World Chess Olympiad". (in Olympic terms, "Olympiad" refers to the four-year cycle between Olympic Games, and this word is not trademarked - again AFAIK).
As far as I know, FIDE never uses the word "Olympics" when referring to their international team event held every two years. It's always referred to as the "World Chess Olympiad". (in Olympic terms, "Olympiad" refers to the four-year cycle between Olympic Games, and this word is not trademarked - again AFAIK).
Hi Hugh,
Chapter 18 of the FIDE handbook dealing with doping refer to an agreement between FIDE and the International Olympic Committee.
If you search the FIDE handbook for the word OLYMPIC you will probably find a lot of material.
"Chapter 18 - Doping and Drug Use
18.1. FIDE, its affiliated member Federations, bodies and players hereby subscribe where appropriate for chess players as agreed between FIDE and the International Olympic Committee, to be bound by the relevant rules and guidelines prescribed by the International Olympic Committee and other relevant agencies or bodies set up for the monitoring of drug use and doping by athletes in all FIDE competitions.
18.2. A Medical Commission comprising medical experts and laymen chosen on the basis of their personal merits shall be appointed by the Presidential Board to liase with the relevant organs of the International Olympic Committee and agree from time to time on the list of prohibited substances and methods of doping that are applicable to chess players in FIDE competitions."
But it still doesn't give FIDE the right to name their event the "World Chess Olympics". Likewise - if you do a search for "World Bridge Olympics" - you will find lots of hits - but none from the world bridge body (who refers to it as the "Bridge Olympiad").
"Olympics" is trademarked and can only be used when referring to the Olympic Games.
But it still doesn't give FIDE the right to name their event the "World Chess Olympics". Likewise - if you do a search for "World Bridge Olympics" - you will find lots of hits - but none from the world bridge body (who refers to it as the "Bridge Olympiad").
"Olympics" is trademarked and can only be used when referring to the Olympic Games.
Olympiad is the 4 year period between the Olympic games. A celebration of the Olympic games. That's what my online dictionary tells me. Does one go to an Olympiad to play in the Olympics? I donno. China held the 2008 Olympic Games at the games of the XXIX Olympiad.
If I recall the IOC had an extra Olympic or Olympiad because of the year 2000, but I don't recall exactly.
Is Bridge affilated with the IOC in the same manner as chess? I have no idea.
Chess and bridge are "recognized Olympic sports" - as are billards, bowling, cricket, motorcycle racing(!), polo, tug-of-war, etc. - (and let's not forget bandy, korfball, and wushi) . :):):)
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