QUOTE(Noroton @ Fri 10th April 2009, 3:24pm)
I thought it was an attempt at humor. Just a comment said a couple of times in passing, part of the general breeziness of the posts. If it was serious, I think the tone would be different.
Maybe, but a few days ago it looks like he strongly considered retiring
as I noted here. He alluded to Boxer, the workhorse in
Animal Farm, who was callously sold to the knackers at the first sign of injury.
QUOTE(Kato @ Fri 10th April 2009, 3:32pm)
I think Yellow Monkey (and Durova) are actually referring to New York Brad, not Cool Hand One.
Well, in the prior sentence, he talks about Arbitrators who were elected by being clerks or mediators. That would describe NYB and several others. Then he talks about people who post empty words in high-traffic forums. I suppose that describes me, but it also suggests others who were alleged to post lots of uncontroversial statements at ANI. These comments are perceptive because they describe a significant number of current arbitrators.
The overall take-away seems to be the message that Durova got from it: that Arbitrators are not selected for any particular ability, but for managing to score name recognition without offending anyone.