Demoting MLB umpires

[SanDiegoSteve]

You still didn't need to say it the way you did. I offered an alternative. You don't seem to get the point. Only the way you said what you said did I have a problem with.

I think it is stupid to call someone a name as if it were a fact (or even if it is a fact), but I also don't like wishing bad things or ill will upon people. There is enough of that in our everyday lives away from this forum. It's really not good karma, just like calling someone names isn't. I have been guilty of this kind of lashing out at people on this forum in the past, insulting them or getting in silly arguments with people I don't even know personally, or understand what their position is, or maybe what they are going through at the time. I regret having done this, and it looks very ugly when looking at it in print.

I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to people that I have insulted or belittled on this board in the past, and to Bob Jenkins for giving him carpal tunnel from all the deleting and editing he has had to do with my posts.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I think it is stupid to call someone a name as if it were a fact (or even if it is a fact), but I also don't like wishing bad things or ill will upon people.

Reminds me of a quote from my literary hero:

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." - Mark Twain

[MikeStrybel]

A quick look at your posts here show you once wrote, if the wife of the coach involved in an attack against umpires had confronted you in the locker room, she would have had a hard time walking away. Another member chastised you for advocating violence against women. Is that what you meant by being careful with your words and stating only things you can prove? You also denigrated Peter Gammons as a liver lipped fool and described Brewers coaches as having loose screws. Those people are still alive and no, you did not preface your statements as being your opinion.

Illinois law allows for people to state their opinions freely. That is what is done on this forum. You just did it. Parroting the words written in several books and numerous magazines further enables my freedom of speech. Pallone was fired for being homosexual. His termination letter included this topic. He was not fired for performance. Giamatti proved that he wielded ultimate authority with the handling of Pete Rose. People were not terminated without his approval. If you want to believe that Pallone was fired for another reason other than what was stated in the letter, go ahead. You have that freedom. I will retain mine to state my opinion.

[bob jenkins]

Let me sumamrize:

1) One shouldn't slander or libel

2) Whether the comments made rise to that is a matter beyond the scope of this forum.