Subject: THE CHEATING DEBATE
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 23:56:38 EDT
From: BASLISK@aol.com
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

ISSUE

Most of you don't know me, but my name is Adam Hughes.  I haven't qualified
for any pro tours, and I am not the greatest player whoever played the game,
but I do know a cheater when I see one, and mike long is a cheater.  He is a
cheater if there ever was one.  There are certain people who you can just tell
by there personality, by the way they carry themselves, and even by the way
they look that they have no ethics, I believe mike long is such a person.  If
you despite this, I would ask you to review a few things:

1.  Mike Long has a long history of instances where he has been caught red
handed cheating.  And an even longer history of being caught in "shady"
situations where weather he cheated or not could not have been proved.

2.  Mike Long is a dick.  He is no fun to play, he is always attempting to
throw you off your game by using very unsportsmanlike methods, and being all
around rude.  Some might say that he is only trying to increase his chances to
win, to them I say he should find a better way.

3.  And finally, Mike has no ethics.  I am sorry to say it but from all that I
have seen, he has none.  Not one shred of decency.  Mike has to remember that
in the end, i IS just a game after all, and that if you want to cheat and lie
and be a dickhead, find a different game  Magic is not for you.

I hope I have not offended to many people with this, but I thought it was
something that had to be said once again.  And I do know I am not the only one
who feels this way.  Thanks for your time.

Adam Hughes
Baslisk@aol.com