Battle of North America GNT

[BOSSMANPC]

I was very disappointed by that. I thought a town like Buffalo, which almost everyone says in agreement is a great hockey town with good reason, would support the US kids a lot better than they did.

At least you took the time to post information to go off of instead of just saying that you are disappointed in the City of Buffalo.

I never doubted that Canadians would represent their team in large numbers given the situation.

Just read the post you were referring to. I think the city did well and to me it would be like if Toronto was an hour away from New York City and Toronto hosted a football championship I wonder what team would have more support. It's a no brainier but I am still a proud Buffalonian.

Congrats Canada you won, you had more fans in the arena than we did. It's not winning that counts it's the class you win it with that matters.

I have read some comments on Canadian web sites and they are doing a damn good job of turning the nice Canadian people reputation to shit.

It's very sad.

 

[puckhead]

Just read the post you were referring to. I think the city did well and to me it would be like if Toronto was an hour away from New York City and Toronto hosted a football championship I wonder what team would have more support. It's a no brainier but I am still a proud Buffalonian.

Congrats Canada you won, you had more fans in the arena than we did. It's not winning that counts it's the class you win it with that matters.

I have read some comments on Canadian web sites and they are doing a damn good job of turning the nice Canadian people reputation to shit.

It's very sad.

anonymity has away of bringing out the assholes, which is largely why we are away from the swamp.
TSN comments page (I'm assuming that's what you are referring to, I don't read those retards) is chock full of those assholes.

I am sure the CDNs you know paint a much different picture (and vice versa for the Americans I know).
It is also why I mentioned earlier to IPW not to rely on anonymous twitter comments

 

[KennyBanyeah]

anonymity has away of bringing out the assholes, which is largely why we are away from the swamp.
TSN comments page (I'm assuming that's what you are referring to, I don't read those retards) is chock full of those assholes.

I am sure the CDNs you know paint a much different picture (and vice versa for the Americans I know).
It is also why I mentioned earlier to IPW not to rely on anonymous twitter comments

Well said. Of course this is the case.

When any sports team wins it brings out some gloaters. If the US had won I'm sure there would have been a ton of idiots slamming Canada. Most of them wouldn't have even watched the game.

The same can be said of these Canadian internet tough guys Boss is referring to. Most of them wouldn't know a dasher from a face-off circle.

Avoiding this kind of unpleasantness in indeed why we are at this site with rational posters who know, for the most part, to disregard that kind of nonsense.

 

[IPostedWhat]

You really need a reality check. I don't know what part is worse though the fact that you actually do think I slammed Buffalo or the fact that you're so broken up that you're still throwing a hissy fit about it. Pretty common on here for you though, you seem to do it every few weeks, so maybe it's not everyone else, maybe it's you and that extremely thin skin you've got.

So because I didn't agree with your opinion, I am throwing a hissy fit? Aren't you the one who pretty much continues to argue with me and in the process has resorted to name calling? I never showed any malice towards what you said or needed to lower myself to calling you names. Must be my thin skin huh?

Sounds like you missed your calling though as a master debater. You can throw out anything you want to say, and when someone disagrees with you, you call them a crybaby and say they are throwing a hissy fit. Wow, that takes a lot of skill man.

Then again you're also the one that stated Kassian left the ice and hit the guy in the "head area" and deserved to get suspended even though all the evidence points to otherwise. And what was your response to me when I said I didn't agree with your opinion on that? Oh yeah, it's because I'm a Sabres fan. lol

If you don't like it when someone doesn't share your opinion and questions it, then don't post on an open forum like a message board. Simple as that.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

OK IPW and Destroyed!!! 10 minute misconducts for both of you.

On this forum that means you have to go to the swamp and read 10 full threads.

Go!!

 

[IPostedWhat]

On this forum that means you have to go to the swamp and read 10 full threads.

If I read 10 threads about the Pens and Crosby does that still count as 10, or just 1 really long one?

 

[Curtrain]

anonymity has away of bringing out the assholes, which is largely why we are away from the swamp.
TSN comments page (I'm assuming that's what you are referring to, I don't read those retards) is chock full of those assholes.

I am sure the CDNs you know paint a much different picture (and vice versa for the Americans I know).
It is also why I mentioned earlier to IPW not to rely on anonymous twitter comments

Well said Puckhead. I meet jerks from all over the world but I don't let it get to me.

However, I am a little worrried about what the internet is doing to our culture. Trask talking online (on any topic) has become a national past time in every country where high speed internet is common. I often feel ill after reading comments on any wedsite, whether it be on CNN, CBC, TSN, etc.

As a rule, I also never have serious conversations over e-mail or IM. It is funny how things get blown out of proportion even with people you love and trust. And this is why I like this comic :-

xkcd: Internet Argument

 

[Destroydacre]

So because I didn't agree with your opinion, I am throwing a hissy fit? Aren't you the one who pretty much continues to argue with me and in the process has resorted to name calling? I never showed any malice towards what you said or needed to lower myself to calling you names. Must be my thin skin huh?

Sounds like you missed your calling though as a master debater. You can throw out anything you want to say, and when someone disagrees with you, you call them a crybaby and say they are throwing a hissy fit. Wow, that takes a lot of skill man.

Then again you're also the one that stated Kassian left the ice and hit the guy in the "head area" and deserved to get suspended even though all the evidence points to otherwise. And what was your response to me when I said I didn't agree with your opinion on that? Oh yeah, it's because I'm a Sabres fan. lol

If you don't like it when someone doesn't share your opinion and questions it, then don't post on an open forum like a message board. Simple as that.

It has nothing to do with disagreeing with opinions. It has everything to do with you creating an opinion for me which was not mine. You keep saying over and over and over (ie crying, whining, bitching take your pick) about how I slammed Buffalo over the attendance split at the Canada/USA game which simply was not true. I don't know how to explain it any better than that. Even when you went fishing for replies trying to get people to agree with your take on it you got none. I'm sure it's too much for you to just admit you took what I said wrong.

Not sure what Kassian's hit has to do with this. We disagreed on a rough hit, I had my take you had yours and that was it. Maybe this whole blow up from you had nothing to do with what I said, maybe you were just looking for something to disagree with me about because you were upset that I didn't get all up in arms about the IIHF's ruling. Only you know the truth there.

If you wanna keep flailing your arms about this be my guest. I know what I said, I've explained what I meant and if that's not good enough for you, then I don't know what else I can say. If you're gonna keep doing that though, then yeah, I'm gonna call you a whiner, crier, whichever fits, because that's exactly what you're doing.

 

[IPostedWhat]

If you wanna keep flailing your arms about this be my guest.

I don't know, you seem to be doing a good enough job at that on your own.

I brought up the Kassian incident because I took what you said and offered a rebuttal based on what was shown in the video that showed that it wasn't a head hit or that he left his feet, and all you could come back with after that was that I'm biased because I'm a Sabres fan.

Bottom line is that we have 2 different opinions on what is going on, but I at least kept petty name calling out of it. Then again petty name calling might be what someone does when they are in the position of being right? Must be why I didn't do it?

 

[Destroydacre]

I don't know, you seem to be doing a good enough job at that on your own.

I brought up the Kassian incident because I took what you said and offered a rebuttal based on what was shown in the video that showed that it wasn't a head hit or that he left his feet, and all you could come back with after that was that I'm biased because I'm a Sabres fan.

Bottom line is that we have 2 different opinions on what is going on, but I at least kept petty name calling out of it. Then again petty name calling might be what someone does when they are in the position of being right? Must be why I didn't do it?

I was done with this thread, you're the one who keeps bringing this topic up. If makes you feel better trying to blame me, I really don't care, anyone reading this thread will see otherwise.

So calling you biased because Kassian is Sabres property doesn't work, but calling me biased because I don't like Kassian does? Do you just make up stuff as you go? You're pretty good at it. Again anyone should be able to see how ridiculous that is.

Bottom line is you got all upset for an opinion that is not mine. You did not address that at all. Instead you're trying to take the "high road" when in reality you jumped on me because you were wrong about my opinion.

 

[IPostedWhat]

This is what you said:

I was very disappointed by that. I thought a town like Buffalo, which almost everyone says in agreement is a great hockey town with good reason, would support the US kids a lot better than they did.

To me it sounds like you are saying that Buffalo is a great Hockey Town but they basically showed no support at all for team USA and you are disappointed in the City of Buffalo because of it. And you based it all on the fact that there were more Canadians in attendance than Americans for the game.

I just found it a bit condescending is all that you are disappointed for an entire City because of that with nothing more to go on than that 1 game. Bottom line is that it all came down to money and passion for this tournament, and Canada has more than any City in the US, not just Buffalo.

If this was played in any other City, do you really think there would be more Americans in attendance?

 

[IPostedWhat]

So calling you biased because Kassian is Sabres property doesn't work, but calling me biased because I don't like Kassian does?

I brought a lot more to the table than just the fact that you hate Kassian, which is what you said. I explained things to counter what you said based on the video evidence, and all you came back with after that was that I am biased.

If I would of just said that you think that way because you hate him, then I could see your point, but that was not what happened at all.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Here is something in simple English. Take it to a PM (we have them you know) or cool it. !

Its obvious your not going to agree on the color of the sky so take it private.

It sucks that a great event has to degenerate to this.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Out of respect for you Boss, and everyone else, I will squash this whole thing right now with no hard feelings.

If you want to continue this Destroy, please feel free to PM me anytime.

 

[puckhead]

 

[Automattic]

Will you guys forward a copy of the PM's to me please?
























Ok ok, Boss, I quit.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

Will you guys forward a copy of the PM's to me please?
























Ok ok, Boss, I quit.

 

[Darkstone42]

Since I'm incapable of posting this picture, I'm glad you brought it back.