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His "demands" are reasonable.
That is your opinion and that's why we are here Zach, to share our opinions and perhaps why we hold them. Incidentally,
I did not offer my opinion or belief regarding what is reasonable or unreasonable. What I did say was, "They signed Suh to a one year deal and wanted to see if Donald's demands were going to continue to be simply too much." See ZN, what may be too much for the Rams might not be too much for someone else...what the Rams are offering might be much more than someone else...I was just talking about the Rams and IF they viewed Donald's demand as too far past their limit. Nothing about reasonable or unreasonable.
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So let me re-write that sentence from the opposite point of view. Which is equally fictional and equally plausible as yours.
"The Rams refused to budge when it comes to giving Donald market value so they replaced him with a lesser player rather than offer a fair deal and in the meanwhile didn't even arrange to get something for him in a trade."
I did not offer any fiction ZN,
I clearly offered my own personal "belief" (and clearly said that) and why that is what I currently believe.
I said nothing about Donald and "what is fair," "refusing to budge," or "market value as determined by ZN." To summarize, I said I believe the Rams, based on what had taken place in the past knowing his demands (the Rams knowing whatever they are) and whether or not they could get close to them (and based on what has taken place since last year
it doesn't appear they are real close) they had also prepared themselves somewhat to move forward without Donald. That's my opinion and belief, not fiction. Perhaps you disagree with my opinion, and that's fine, that's why we are here on this board. But when you characterize something as fiction the way you did it comes across as I was offering something as fact which was made up...nowhere to be found in my post.
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Same thing, just flipped over. Again, equally fictional, equally plausible.
I still don't see any fiction in anything I said zn. I don't see anything remotely similar in your "flip" zn, or are you offering your actual belief & opinion?
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All I really did was turn your perspective upside down as a way to stress a point: there's 2 sides to this and there is no magic elixir that automatically makes one of them "the truth." I don;t know yet how much truth is in either sentence, your original or my re-write.
I'm not being sarcastic when I say this zn, but you seem really sensitive on this issue. I've known you long enough that I don't think you would intentionally misrepresent and twist what someone says...but that is exactly what you did. Once again, nothing anywhere in my post about "fairness," or "market value," "reasonable or unreasonable." I presented nothing as "the truth" but clearly stated it was "my belief" and "my opinion." So regarding "how much truth" is in either sentence, I know mine was completely true as it is what I believe and why...which is what I offered.
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I do know that quite often people just narrate this from the perspective of one bias or another. That may be inevitable to a certain extent. but it's not the same as trying to get a balanced view of what's really going on.
zn, it is amazing to me that you do not see your own extreme bias in many of your posts. You imply here that I did not give a balanced view of something? In fact, I'll just say it straight out. You apparently
read into my post an attack on Donald, you see me claiming his demands are "unreasonable," something about "market value," me offering this as "fact,"and I guess you see me as siding with management. Here's the thing...that's all in your imagination because literally none of it is to be found in my post anywhere. So do you think your bias may be showing in what you read into my post and your response?
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If management IS screwing up the Donald deal, though, I will be very frustrated and disappointed. It wouldn't be that hard to get this one right. But then we don't know enough yet to make fair judgments about what IS really happening.
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My post on the other hand did not speculate on who might be "screwing" with who, in fact, I didn't imply anyone was "screwing" with anyone. There was nothing in my post about one side or the other being the villain. You actually read so much into my post that wasn't there I honestly don't believe you read what is there.
