T'Official 2017-18 NFL thread

[DragonfromTO]

seems the first inclination is not to believe something like this really happened to someone and instead believe the person is motivated to lie in order to advance a political agenda

So you learned all that about 300+ million people based on a handful of responses to a single incident? Or do you maybe agree that you went a step or two too far with that statement?

I mean, my old man actually told me yesterday he heard the same opinion while watching football at his legion. I'm not inclined to think that makes any kind of sweeping statement about Canada (or even just Canadian veterans) though.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

So you learned all that about 300+ million people based on a handful of responses to a single incident? Or do you maybe agree that you went a step or two too far with that statement?

I mean, my old man actually told me yesterday he heard the same opinion while watching football at his legion. I'm not inclined to think that makes any kind of sweeping statement about Canada (or even just Canadian veterans) though.

meh ... i didnt say americans or all americans ... i guess maybe i could have said whats going on in america

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I think there's ignorance in all nations.

I know there's a shit ton of human beings in the United States of America, the third most in the world if I'm not mistaken.

As a percentage, Americans are probably as assholish and ignorant as Spaniards, Brits, Canucks, Italians, etc. There's just more Americans to make that per capita percentage sound louder than it really is.

All of those nations including the US are also home to some of the most progressive minds on the planet, and their actions speak pretty loudly too.

We need to get away from this "holy crap the responses to this twitter post" viewpoint of our societies and acknowledge that it's usually the most assholish of the bunch who rush to make Michael Bennett feel like a second-class citizen on twitter while most people in this country would love to shake the dude's hand and snap a photo with him, excellent athlete he is and decent person he seems to be.

 

[dash]

I think I recently read somewhere that on a per capita basis, Americans give more to charity than any other nation on Earth, so they got that going for them which is nice.

 

[DragonfromTO]

meh ... i didnt say americans or all americans ... i guess maybe i could have said whats going on in america

But what were you commenting on there if not "the American people"? You're referencing comments made by individual Americans, no?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

But what were you commenting on there if not "the American people"? You're referencing comments made by individual Americans, no?

yes so i shouldnt have phrased it as all u need to know about america ... but this is a part of american discourse right now ... and a large part of the dischord

 

[DragonfromTO]

yes so i shouldnt have phrased it as all u need to know about america ... but this is a part of american discourse right now ... and a large part of the dischord

It's anecdotal of course, but for most of the Americans I know I don't get the impression that any of this is much of a concern for them or has any impact on their day to day life.

 

[dash]

I think there's more than a few teams that could use Colin Kaepnerick based on some of the QB play I saw yesterday.

 

[forty_three]

I think I recently read somewhere that on a per capita basis, Americans give more to charity than any other nation on Earth, so they got that going for them which is nice.

We have to, if we want to get money back in taxes.

 

[Comeds]

C'mon guys, no arguing on 9-11.

 

[forty_three]

Can we argue about 7-11?

 

[dash]

Can we argue about 7-11?

 

[puckhead]

Seahawks still have a bit of room for improvement on the o-line

 

[dash]

^

The Seahawks medical team haven't ruled out a diagnosis of Gang Green for Russell.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Biggie in the lineup tonight

 

[forty_three]

Seahawks still have a bit of room for improvement on the o-line

Are we ready to start a sequel to the hockey defense book?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Jim Mora: LIVE TV? DONT TALK ABOUT LIVE TV!

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Jim Mora: LIVE TV? DONT TALK ABOUT LIVE TV!

Well, ya see, in the second half of that clip the broadcast team got their ass totally kicked by the FCC. NBC can't report diddly poo in the way of sports.

That was a horseshit performance. It sucked. It stunk.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[jstewismybastardson]