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[Brad Thomson]

This interesting proposition does not express the reason why women's programs were devised in the first place....

[Brad Thomson]

Is it because women want to have their cake and eat it too, and because men want to give it to them?...

[Brad Thomson]

My inent is not to specifically blame women for the sexism, I am stating that the sytem is sexist. Perhaps true, but not justifcation for the continuation...

[Brad Thomson]

What has this to do with the price of tea in China?...

[Brad Thomson]

Neil, the system degrades men, not women. It allows women to play for all of the money but men for only some of it. I am astonished that this is not recognized...

[Brad Thomson]

Anything save a contradiction in terms is logically possible. Theories about ancient evolutionary patterns are dangerous ground and not acceptable in...

[Brad Thomson]

Gender is irrelevant, to become the best you need to play the best, period.

[Brad Thomson]

No. Women are eligible to play in the Open section, and thus play for the bigger prize money (there simply happen to be no women there at this time),...

[Brad Thomson]

Yes, and as Neil pointed out earlier, the men are entitled to play for $195K while the women are entitled to play for $295K simply and only because they...

[Brad Thomson]

Simple. Men are getting cheated in the process....

[Brad Thomson]

I think I remember, Bob, you making these arguments back in the mid-90s when I was with the CFC. I too was making the same arguments I am making now....

[Brad Thomson]

Your idea is interesting and may be workable. But if fewer women than men are interested in chess, then so be it and so what? I agree that the programs...

[Brad Thomson]

Agreed, I think I had it figured. But what else can we do? We need to be alive to fight them....

[Brad Thomson]

The problem is that "data" can be and often is falsified. We can never be certain when it is and when it is not. To be sure some sources are...

[Brad Thomson]

Thanks. Of course I am fully capable of being quite rude if someone else is rude to me first, but I try to avoid throwing the first punch if I possibly...

[Brad Thomson]

I am not sure what else to say. I see no reason for women-specific chess programs because I see no reason why women cannot play chess as well as men....

[Brad Thomson]

If I wanted to convince someone of my point of view I would be polite to them, if I wanted to induce them into disagreement I would be more likely to...

[Brad Thomson]

Or, have men's only tournaments where women are not allowed on the grounds that they are inferior....

[Brad Thomson]

I was once banned from this forum for two years for telling nothing but the truth.

[Brad Thomson]

My only concern is professionalsim, in other words, money. The money should go to the best players, period....