Re: I don't know about that

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My ongoing battle with my neighbor (Saints fan) on this subject just gets worse each day. Tonight I was over asking about his wife who is seriously ill and the game came up. He says: " I hate the cheating patriots and the @#$%& Bellichick BUT I hope they beat the crap out of the Rams ! So I say what did the Rams do ? Were they supposed to tell the refs it was a bad no call and let NO have the ball on the one ? Is that what the Saints would have done? He just answers " The Patriots will kick the crap out of the Rams-deservedly so."

This is not going to get any better-so I guess the adult in me should stop yelling "who dat-we dat" across the street.

You've already killed your neighbor through reasoning. I had a similar conversation with a Saint fan who was bitter about that play and he refused to respond to reasonable questions when I asked him. He just didn't acknowledge the questions I was asking.

I would actually like to debate an angry Saints fan because I think fanatical thinking is rife with flaws. It'd be like shooting fish in a barrel.

I got news for you my friend.

Both sides of this are examples of fanatical thinking.

Oh I know, each side is doing the "I am just right why would you even argue" thing.

And it would be funny if just for a minute we could use magic to reverse the situation and have Rams fans angry at a PI non-call that happened in the same kind of situation. Most would still call the other side "fanatical thinking."

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I think we've been round this bush before, my man. I agree with you, and I'd be here making the same argument if everything were reversed and the call had gone against the Rams. My point is that being s fan, in the true sense of the word, is flawed thinking.

In fact, I often silence folks in the Patriots-are-Cheaters crowd by asking whether they feel like the titles of other teams like the Lakers and Steelers are tainted because of things those teams or players have done to gain a competitive advantage. Some tell me outright that they are X or Y fans and don't care, and they actually acknowledge that they are being unreasonable.

Think of it this way: do you think that if the same event had occurred in the Super Bowl and the Patriots lost because it that people in general would have reacted the same?

I think most would be pretty glad about it. My arguments are not intended to defend one team or another; it's a criticism of the reasoning, the mental processing, being used.

I edited this to add that I am perfectly fine with the Rams' win, but would have been fine had they lost.

Good theatre.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/26/2019 04:41AM by Classicalwit.