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10-27-2013 05:16 AM |
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Originally Posted by djchameleon
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If you would tone down your outrage and go back to the comments leading up to what I said. You would see/realize that I'm just saying the reverse of what Fluffy and Goofle said to prove a point about how they are coming across.
Fluffy's point is that if only one country loves a sport then it must be bad because of it. So that's why I made my statement to just turn around what he was saying. I didn't say it just to boast and be like FUCK YEAH AMERICA!
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I've been accused of arguing too strongly and not letting things go, so I'm letting this one go. I think you may be right but I have other things to say, but rather than go round and round I'll just concede the point and accept I may have misunderstood. It's only sport after all, no point getting bent out of shape about it. But see below...
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Also, I didn't say violence in the game or by the players is a good thing. I was following up Goofle's point of the fans as he says being "bat **** mental" aka passionate. Those same passionate fans are the ones that end up fighting and causing violence over the sport not that the players fighting are what makes it good. You did misunderstand what I said. I just noticed you even quoted me and still didn't read it correctly. Did you not see that I mentioned Goofle's name in that quote meaning that it was something HE STATED and not an opinion of my own.
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The problem here is you are equating Goofle's description of "bat shit mental" fans with violence. This is not the case. He's talking about those who paint their team's colours on their body, dress in mad outfits, cheer every pass, go mad when a goal is scored or roar at the ref when a bad decision is made. He is NOT talking about people throwing things, using racial slurs, starting fights, setting off flares and generally trying to ruin the game. That is NOT bat shit mental, that's just plain mental.
You can enjoy the game without getting violent. As BD says, it's called passion. It does not follow that because you're a rabid fan that you will kick someone's teeth in or stick a knife in someone, and this is the distinction you're failing to make/understand, which seems to be leading you to the belief that Goof was talking about violent fans. He wasn't, just passionate ones.
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