<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (InsaneAsylum @ Jul 21 2009, 01:08 PM)
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look to be honest, it's got nothing to with what's happened recently, especially not with the cricket. speaking purely about rugby, I have been becoming a lot more jaded over the last 5 years and some of my comments on here are out of pure frustration. rule changes and negative styles of play aren't good for the game as a whole.
you might want to ignore me, but at least i'll give you a different point of view to what you read in the dominion or the dicussions you'll have with your kiwi mates.
i payed $90 for my ticket to the bledisloe this year, i'm just hoping i get my money's worth. if i wanted to see a lot of kicking, i'd go watch AFL. I can watch 2 games of AFL for $90 so it's not such a bad deal.[/b]
Whatever you paid to go to the bledisloe, it's a different game in the AFL and you obviously weren't talking about an international game. I'm not too worried about Australians coming on here to have an intelligent discussion, it's the mindless digs about cheating and feelings that you were hard done by thats the stuff of the sandpit.
AK47 comes on and gives his Australian point of view and he doesn't resort to gutter tactics like calling people cheats. He's the kind of poster who makes me occasionally see things from the Australian point of view and maybe agree on the odd point. Sometimes we just disagree, but at least it's some sense being talked. It's not all boring, handshaking and patting each other on the back. You can have an intelligent debate without having to label your opposition in really negative ways. It's the modern style of arguing and all that leads to is *****ing and fighting.
There used to be an even better (in my opinion) Australian poster, called Sanzar. He was an Admin and a bloody legend. He'd be able to argue an issue using his common sense, which is how I like to do it too.
Honestly, whats with reaching for superlatives all the time?
"He is the worst player for the last million years"
"(Insert player name here) is a f**cking cheating ******"
"This ref should be reffing under 8's"
"He kicked the ball 50 times each half"
"He was offside 9 times and the ref never picked it up"
It's the childish language of the internet to overstate everything. Blow up a point to make it much larger and it just shows the poor education of those who over-indulge in it. I'm not saying you can't say something exaggerative once in a while, but if you do it all the time it makes you look fairly dumb.
Where's the shame in applauding your opposition? I know I do it. After the french beat us I was gutted, but realised what a fine team they are capable of being. I know the australians are capable of beating us regularly too.
So, how about balanced and incisive, clever and well thought out posts instead of something about as well orchestrated as throwing a stone though someones window and running off laughing, only to be caught up with and say "It was only a joke man".
How I wish there was an "ignore" button on this forum
