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Originally Posted by Ed Hickland
Kurt Bryan's behavior and yours are both unacceptable.
When will you and Kurt Bryan understand there are fundamentals to the game and a procedure for making changes to the game and that procedure does not include publicizing in the New York Times or ESPN or even writing position papers and degrading anyone who disagrees?
And, for starters try being civil on this forum without resorting to degrading anyone. Most threads on this forum are respectful even when people disagree. Personally, whatever you opine has no credibility because of the descriptive language you choose to bully everyone whose opinion is different. I've learned a lot from listening and being respectful, it is time for you to do the same.  |
Excuse me, is this a bit of the pot calling the kettle black? Perhaps you could enlighten me as to what I've said that has been so "unacceptable"? Does ganging up on an individual because he had the audacity to suggest something a special few don't like or agree with, is that acceptable? Or when the argument being raised is not gaining sufficient support on it's merits, does shifting to personal attacks, innuendo, rumor, pure speculation and a series of really dopey accusations based on empty hot air, rise to meet your description of acceptable?
Perhaps repeating or cheering for outlandash accusations and repeatedly mocking someone and denigrating his intentions simply because you resent the fact that he sees the issue differently is acceptable to you. Despite the gallons of pure garbage that has been dumped on this subject, by members of this forum, I haven't noticed any disrespect, any insult, mocking or abject sarcasim coming from the opposite direction. I've seen futile attempts at answering a gaggle of obviously loaded questions, being, twisted with absurd, irrelevant nitpicking and shoved back with an arrogance that has been truly amazing, and embarrassing.
Someone else, with a better graphic appreciation for reality than me, characterized the responses, of the few, as the feeding frenzy of a pack of hyenas. For those of you too stupid to know better, that wasn't a compliment.
I have not criticized anything, anybody has said regarding any fundamentals of this approach as it applies to the game I have repeatedly indicated that I personally doubt the A-11 approach will survive because I think it lacks the staying power, under it's own weight, for practical reasons. That's not the question and the A-11 is no longer the issue. That will be handled in due course by those who are authorized to deal with it, as has been recognized for some time.
My original intent, regarding this issue was to simply alert some that their comments were getting off track and unnecessarily personal and excessively derogatory. Now, after you might fast forward a lot of smart a$$ remarks, ridiculous assertions, absurd presumptions and assorted accusations based on absolutely nothing that was said or intended, my tone may have adjusted, downward, to stay with the flow of traffic.
Spare me your suggesting that the wetness all over my leg, right where you and a few others have been standing with your zippers down, is due to rainfall. I'm not buying your righteous indignation and I recognize who, and more importantly, what I'm responding to. I tried suggesting that wallowing in mud wasn't the smart thing to do, I never hinted it was something I didn't know how to do. You want to live in a glass house, don't throw rocks and don't be surprised when rocks get thrown back.