Sorry, I’ve been out of pocket for a while but I did want to add my 2 cents to this conversation. I know that this is a basketball forum, in particular UConn basketball, and I understand that most people who posts or even just view these posts are UConn basketball fans because you wouldn’t waste your time doing either if you weren’t. No doubt, we have a passion for all things UConn basketball and our opinions, whether pro or con, are just that, opinions.
I know, you don’t know me and I don’t know you, we are just a username, but we are people who happen to have the same like, UConn basketball, and we come here to this forum because this is where and who we are.
As important as these things (UConn basketball) mean to us, there are other things a bit more important in life. As others have pointed out earlier; our family, friends and health are priorities with everything else falling in line below and behind them.
I was also saddened by the news of the passing of Dogbreath2u. Anytime anyone passes, it should cause us to put our life in perspective and bring our thoughts and actions back into focus. Unfortunately, we do take people and things for granted. We just expect that when we wake up each and every day, we just assume that; how it was yesterday is how it is going to be today. Not true, as many of us have lived it out.
As I mentioned earlier, at times, we get very passionate about what we believe, no problem with that, but, sometimes we may, unintentionally, lash out at what someone else said because of what we think; our valued opinion. I’m not saying not to be passionate about what you believe or like, but we can be civil and adult about how we say it to others, as others before us have been.
Sometimes, we may say things we regret (of course secretly, without anyone else knowing!), maybe something we wrote after we clicked on the “post” button. We wish we could take it back but it is too late, it is posted.
What will your last post be like? What will others think about you when you can no longer post; will the attitude of this forum be the same for you as it was when we found out that Dogbreath2u is no longer with us? Just something to think about.
Maybe, next time before you click the “post” button, you should read what you wrote, check it out and think about whether this is what you want to say and how you want to express, “your opinion”.
I apologize for the lengthy post. My intention is definitely not to be a “post” policeman; I’m just trying to point out that since reading all the nice and heartfelt posts regarding the passing of Dogbreath2u that it is possible to live without regrets about our words towards others, as he did. Again, it is also possible to be civil and adult in our posts and that when the time comes or arises, others will have the same reason to say a good word about us.
So, maybe, next time before you click the “post” button, you should read what you wrote, check it out and think about whether this is what you want to say and how you want to express, “your opinion”.
