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Message: [QUOTE="JS, post: 2573397, member: 6"] There's a certain kind of poster whose message can be paraphrased as "I'm brave to be saying this, and know I'll be pilloried for it, BUT . . . [insert negative assessment of player or team, justified, partially justified, or unjustified]." Then at the first sign of disagreement: "No one dares take an independent view here. It's all [insert choice of: party line, good ol' boy, blue-colored glasses, rah-rah, Geno can do no wrong, intolerant of dissent and/or aggressive toward anyone who fails to toe the line]." A little homework might reveal to such a person that we actually have civilly conducted disagreements here, and that just maybe we mods prevent injuries more serious than a boo-boo. You have to wonder whether someone who wears a self-inscribed "kick me" sign like that is really interested in dialogue so much as in playing the courageous martyr. [/QUOTE]