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seanied wrote:Courtside wrote:
Does that mean that realgm is now the home of the dumb, who are calling out the dumb, who called out the dumb.
To be accurate, it's more like the uneducated and lacking in humility calling out the even more uneducated and lacking in humility calling out the ... (I'm not sure how deep this goes, but it's pretty deep).
. I agree but can we drop the whole issue 
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BasketballAbyss wrote:J-Roc wrote:timdunkit wrote:
that says something about the coaching staff ...
Absolutely. Management, coaching and the players.
The "identity" of this team should be about the two bigs that put everyone in foul trouble. But the culture off this team is to let them just play like everyone else. Basically, nothing more is asked of Andrea Bargnani than, say, Anthony Parker. You have an open shot, take it. Once in a while, pump fake and drive. Every player is the same except for their height. That's no identity.
Interesting idea. I'm wondering though, how much more foul trouble do you want CB and Bargs to put people in? Don't they already do it enough for bigs? I think that if they do it anymore than they do now, the defenses could easily adjust. Not calling you out or anything, just wondering about that point.
double c wrote:Fairview4Life wrote:double c wrote:That is going too far IMO.
You can bash people's game but calling a grown man Ru Paul knowing he is neither gay nor a drag queen is harsh. Shaq needs to shut up once in a while and not take personal shots at people. IF someone called me that at a bar or on the street, I would have a serious problem with that.
Ignore that one CB, low-brow shot.
The idea is that Bosh is a big man, but not really a big man.
In addition I doubt Bosh is insecure enough that he'd care if someone called him gay, or a drag queen.
I get the idea about the big man, just think it is a unwarranted shot.
I am not saying Bosh is insecure or worried about one player calling him "a pansy," but I think it is a poor way to express to the media that he doesn't respect CB's game.
Again, them's fightin' words in my eyes.
Shaq needs a temp-muzzle for this because I am sure Gay Rights Groups would also be unhappy that a star player uses a famous gay person in comparison to another player as an insult. Whatever. I wish CB could super-hard-foul him in the next game, but Shaq is too strong and mean.
Shaq needs a temp-muzzle for this because I am sure Gay Rights Groups would also be unhappy that a star player uses a famous gay person in comparison to another player as an insult. Whatever. I wish CB could super-hard-foul him in the next game, but Shaq is too strong and mean.
There you go. This pro pro sports, CB wants to be among the elite athletes. So I ask you, why the "but"?. You don't have to win every fight you're in but you have to have the guts to be in them. If you back down, you will be taken advantage of. Teams have been running plays at Bosh for a long time. There's no sense in trying not to pick up fouls if it's just going to result in trading jumpers for lay ups and dunks. I swear sometimes he gets and1's called on him when he's trying to get out of the way. It's a weird phenomenon because he does rebound well and he will take charges, but it seems like he doesn't want to challenge anybody.
An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the man", "argument against the man") consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the source making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim. The process of proving or disproving the claim is thereby subverted, and the argumentum ad hominem works to change the subject.
...It is also used when an opponent is unable to find fault with an argument, yet for various reasons, the opponent disagrees with it.
Dino-Might wrote:Those who thought Shaq's response was clever or that he "won" some kind of dissing context with Bosh just revealed their age or mentality. That's like arguments in elementary school.
Bosh: You stole my pencil.
Shaq: You're a dummyhead. And you look like a girl!
Crowd of 8 year olds (AKA Realgm): Oooh! Diss! Burn!! You got Pwned!
Shaq calls himself the "Big Aristotle" (I've never heard anyone else use this term for him).
Since he thinks of himself as a philosopher, maybe he knows what the term "ad hominem" means. From Wiki:An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the man", "argument against the man") consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the source making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim. The process of proving or disproving the claim is thereby subverted, and the argumentum ad hominem works to change the subject.
...It is also used when an opponent is unable to find fault with an argument, yet for various reasons, the opponent disagrees with it.
SharoneWright wrote:Dino-Might wrote:Those who thought Shaq's response was clever or that he "won" some kind of dissing context with Bosh just revealed their age or mentality. That's like arguments in elementary school.
Bosh: You stole my pencil.
Shaq: You're a dummyhead. And you look like a girl!
Crowd of 8 year olds (AKA Realgm): Oooh! Diss! Burn!! You got Pwned!
Shaq calls himself the "Big Aristotle" (I've never heard anyone else use this term for him).
Since he thinks of himself as a philosopher, maybe he knows what the term "ad hominem" means. From Wiki:An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the man", "argument against the man") consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the source making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim. The process of proving or disproving the claim is thereby subverted, and the argumentum ad hominem works to change the subject.
...It is also used when an opponent is unable to find fault with an argument, yet for various reasons, the opponent disagrees with it.
Its not ad hominum if Bosh actually plays like RuPaul....
Dino-Might wrote:WOW, just wow!!
Try again.
SharoneWright wrote:Dino-Might wrote:Those who thought Shaq's response was clever or that he "won" some kind of dissing context with Bosh just revealed their age or mentality. That's like arguments in elementary school.
Bosh: You stole my pencil.
Shaq: You're a dummyhead. And you look like a girl!
Crowd of 8 year olds (AKA Realgm): Oooh! Diss! Burn!! You got Pwned!
Shaq calls himself the "Big Aristotle" (I've never heard anyone else use this term for him).
Since he thinks of himself as a philosopher, maybe he knows what the term "ad hominem" means. From Wiki:An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the man", "argument against the man") consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the source making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim. The process of proving or disproving the claim is thereby subverted, and the argumentum ad hominem works to change the subject.
...It is also used when an opponent is unable to find fault with an argument, yet for various reasons, the opponent disagrees with it.
Its not ad hominum if Bosh actually plays like RuPaul....
BasketballAbyss wrote:Actually, I'm pretty sure it is. Shaq is doesn't actually provide evidence against Bosh's argument and attacks him personally. Even if you believe that Bosh "plays like RuPaul" then Shaq is still attacking "a characteristic" of the source instead of "addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim" (all in the above definition).
Hoopstarr wrote:Bosh accused Shaq of cheating. What did he expect?
Inevitable wrote:Geddy is a good mod actually
[SJJ] wrote:Shaq's gotta understand that Bosh wasn't complaining about him directly, he was complaining about the Refs. Of course anybody will take advantage of dumb refs.
