@Robert: To make this explicit, John's post said nothing about the time-gaining timesujis. It only said that the time-wasting tesujis would be punished (by Kudo, were he referree). Given that, your criticism was not accurate.

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I knew that "End of discussion" was a joke, but this is ridiculous.

While a discussion about the meaning of "game", "rule", and "define" would be interesting, I'll pass for that ko.

I hope that it is clear that when I said that the J89 rules redefined the game of go, I was not talking about minor changes. If you think that not all rules changes redefine a game, fine. If you think that games are not defined, and hence cannot be redefined, fine. Let's say, "significantly alter" instead of "redefine".

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At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins

Visualize whirled peas.

Everything with love. Stay safe.

To be facetious, in baseball terms, you can take a walk. To be serious, it can be dangerous to walk at night in LA, and besides, LA was built for cars. I lived there for three months and mostly took taxis to get around.

I do not agree that the approach of the J89 rules is that the rules do not define the game. I think that they are very much in the legalistic tradition, and do attempt to define the game. And that is at the root of their problem!

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The Adkins Principle:
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins

Visualize whirled peas.

Everything with love. Stay safe.

Thanks, but this we know - or at least believe, thanks to Hollywood. But the Dodgers site says (hidden away) that there are Amtrak and Metroline trains to the stadium from Union Station. What they don't say is whether these are safe, and reliable for getting back. And, similarly, the problem with taxis is not so much paying for them as finding one back from the ballpark late at night. However, I think I overlap with a couple of day games.

The late-at-night problem also surfaces with Anaheim.

Was that walk you offered due to lack of control:). Was it HBP? Was it your best stuff?

It's just struck me (not HBP this time - just the dinosaur's tail twitching at last), you have armies of US officials terrified of people coming into America, and most of those trying to getting in terrified of what will happen when they get there. Shomething wrong, shurely....

Yes, getting back late at night is the main problem. However, if there is not good public transportation from the stadium then, it will probably be pretty easy to get a taxi.

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The Adkins Principle:
At some point, doesn't thinking have to go on?
— Winona Adkins

Visualize whirled peas.

Everything with love. Stay safe.

-_- What did I start? lol

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