I violated rule #1.....not THAT rule #1

[Berkut]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

So you're calling him a liar?

I am saying that when someone comes in with a story about what happened, and the "point" of the story is to tell us all how incompetent/wrong/stupid/whatever someone else is, I am generally rather skeptical that I am hearing the entire story, and do not draw any conclusions about how incompetent the "other" person really is, since it is rather likely that they would not agree with the facts as presented if they came along and read the account as written.

Does that mean that I think he is lying? Not really - but it doesn't mean I am going to assume he is telling the entire story either.

Take the bit about the official and the rolling ball. If we asked that official what happened on that play, would we get the same story? Would they really say "Yeah, the ball was rolling on the floor, and the player touched it, so I said that was posession!"

Maybe - but maybe not. Given the posters general attitude in the post in question, I am giving the unamed officials the benefit of the doubt.