Hello

Originally posted by @divegeester
But after years of posting here you didn't think to ask Russ to reset it for you?

Originally posted by @tom-wolsey
I didn't care that I couldn't remember the old name. Of course, if you had a perfect memory you would remember this conversation from when I first returned. From the time I left until this recent time I returned, I change my email address multiple times and upgrade my computer at least 2 or 3 times. I lost everything and couldn't recall and just had the itch to get back to playing chess. Again--no biggie--or so I thought.

I'm getting to the point where I think I'm ready to start paying for a membership again. Would the group suggest I reawaken my old name? I can do that and ditch this one. I just want to get along and get past this and get to some discussions. No biggie. Does anyone care? Some of you seem to, and I really don't. So I'm asking for your input.

Originally posted by @divegeester
You are lying.

Originally posted by @tom-wolsey
Not only did I not think to do it, but again, I didn't care. I didn't care about my old record, my old games, my history, none of it. No agenda. Just wanted to play some chess. But then I was attracted to the forum and thought I would post some stuff. Found it extremely difficult to keep track, after years of using facebook to communicate with other ...[text shortened]... , after which I was grilled for not being completely serious about having alzheimers. Remember?

Originally posted by @tom-wolsey
I'm getting to the point where I think I'm ready to start paying for a membership again. Would the group suggest I reawaken my old name? I can do that and ditch this one. I just want to get along and get past this and get to some discussions. No biggie. Does anyone care? Some of you seem to, and I really don't. So I'm asking for your input.

Originally posted by @divegeester
No one cares mate.

Originally posted by @divegeester
Vaguely.

You aren't interesting other the lie of who you really are. Tomorrow no will care, in fact no one will care in couple of hours.

Originally posted by @tom-wolsey
If you're being serious, you need help. Cynicism that runs that deep can't be healthy.

Originally posted by @divegeester
I need a help because I find you an uninteresting dick who is pretending to be a previous poster who he wasn't in order to draw attention to himself...is that what you are saying?

Originally posted by @tom-wolsey
Funny how the lack of a moral compass doesn't swing the other way. Or at least near as often. By and large, children display selfish, deceitful behavior naturally without learning it from someone else.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Why is that funny? A child is undeveloped. It's liking denigrating a green banana for not being yellow.

Originally posted by @tom-wolsey
The word "funny" has an alternate meaning... "difficult to explain" or "strange."

The point was, the "undeveloped" child is rarely seen doing goodwill gestures. If it's just a matter of being "undeveloped" then we would observe random behaviors, both good and bad, in an even distribution.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Humanity has evolved into the dominant species it is today due to its ability to cooperate and recognize the mutual benefit of 'social morality.' - You don't kill me, I won't kill you. You share that pig and I'll share this pineapple. - These are 'learned' attributes and social norms that are acquired as we mature and adapt. - A child merely behaves ...[text shortened]... yet been acquired and their focus is on 'self.' It doesn't make them evil.

Edit: Obviously.

Originally posted by @tom-wolsey
Being selfish, lying, manipulating, even stealing. These are normal, natural behaviors for young children. These are expressions of who they naturally are - without anyone having to teach them. selfishness, deceitfulness, stealing, these are sinful behaviors and such is expected if the bible is correct and we are born in sin. To the believer, evil is sin and sin is evil; evil isn't confined to extreme acts like murder or rape.