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I bought two tickets and paid full price for each one. Where was this two-for-one deal? I never saw it or heard about it.

Sure. Gotta keep up with the Jones's, ya know.

Well there's your problem!

Same here.

Unfortunatley, South Park has irrepairably damaged my image of Satan.

Now wait a minute! A couple of us here are married to Patriots!

Same thing we told the kids from Ft. Pierre.

He doesn't even know how to spell Bismarck. He's probably really from Mandan.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't, but it's certainly your style.

Not according to the poster here who gave me the title.

What? No sudo reporter category?

Is that a flame? I thought it was a bunch of deer hunters who wandered into the shot.

Now we know why those lucid moments are so rare.

We love you too in your rare lucid moments.

That makes him a legend.

What can I say? I'm easy.

As a friend of yours is fond of saying, walk a mile in my moccasins. Until some anonymous person or group of people takes your real name and publicly drags it through the mud while citing anonymous "inside" sources, you have no idea what you're talking about.

I understand. It's okay to just throw everything out there, no matter who gets unfairly tarred or unjustly hurt by false information. It's not your problem because, after all, you're posting anonymously and you're just expressing your opinion. You have no responsbility to make sure that what you post is true or even accurate. If somone is harmed, it's not your fault because you were just repeating something you heard, something you wanted to believe was true. You can always just walk away from the train wrecks you cause and pretend you had nothing to do with them. It's all very convenient and less messy that way. So, yes, I understand exaclty where you're coming from. Perhaps you would better understand the harm and pain this approach causes if you'd ever been on the wrong end of it. I have. And that's why I take umbrage with those who lecture me from behind their cloaks of anonymity as they attempt to rationalize their actions. I'm not telling anyone what they can and can't post. Just don't shove your BS under my nose and expect me to say it smells like roses.

I'd wear that for $100 million. It'd have to be on a foggy moonless night in windowless building with no electricity and no lights in a dense forest with nobody around for a hundred miles, but I'd do it.

As I see it, you're saying it doesn't matter whether something posted here is true or not as long as long as the poster can fall back on the "it's just my opinion" defense. Sorry, but I don't buy it. To use your own analogy and restate my earlier point, there's a huge difference between people stating their opinions about Brian Lee's play on the ice and using rumor and innuendo to smear his character.

I didn't anyalyze anything. I merely used an absurd illlustration to demonstrate the absurdity of your argument.

I was just following THETRIOUXPER's argument to its logical conclusion. He said "any subject," so I picked one near and dear to his heart. And it's just my opinion that Oshie only scored two goals last season, so lighten up.

Porter and Murray were both freshman during the 03-04 season. Murray left UND after his sophomore season. Therefore, they played together in 03-04 and 04-05.

For any subject? Okay, I'll play along. If I say that T.J. Oshie only scored two goals last season, you might respond by saying that you personally witnessed him scoring each of his 17 goals and that the official NCAA college hockey stats back you up. And yet, using your logic, I could claim to be right by saying that in my opinion, Oshie only scored two goals. After all, my opinion's just as valid as anyone else's, right? Who are you to dispute my opinion as long as I can provide some justification or rationalization for it? For example, I could say that in my opinion, only two of Oshie's goals should count because Duncan or Toews or someone else actually set him up for easy goals 15 times. He doesn't deserve credit for any goal that my blind grandmother could score in her sleep. Or I could say I heard a rumor that the NCAA was considering disallowing all but two of Oshie's goals last season. Because the rumor came from a trusted inside source (who I conveniently decline to identify) and nobody can disprove it, I am free to assume it's true and continue repeating my claim that Oshie scored only two goals last season. Fact. Fiction. Truth. Lies. Rumors. Speculation. Innuendo. Gossip. They're all the same thing, right? Apparently truth and facts are whatever I say they are. Cool.

Okay. As I recall, most of the criticism of Lee was about his on-ice play. There were thousands of spectators at arenas watching him play. Thousands more watched him play on TV or heard his play described on the radio. Everyone was free to render an opinion based on what they saw or heard. When Brian coughed up the puck in front of UND's net or made a bad decision with the puck or wasn't physical enough, everyone saw it. It wasn't a question of whether those things actually occurred. It was a question of Lee's value to the team and whether his presence on the ice helped more than it hurt. It was a topic open for debate, and a wide range of opinions were expressed. I agree with THETRIOUXPER that some of the views expressed were far more nasty, mean-spirited and vitriolic than they needed to be, but I don't question anyone's right to express an opinion about Lee's play. However, what I found truly disgusting was when a few on this board attempted to call Lee's character into question by anonymously posting information about his family members. I truly feel sorry for anyone who can't see the difference between discussing how a player performs on the ice (as witnessed by thousands) and posting unsubstantiated innuendo, rumor and gossip for the express purpose of smearing a player's reputation. Now, with the Buning situation, people are, of course, free to criticize and express opinions about the decisions he makes, the policies he implements, the way he conducts himself and the statements he makes. For example, some on this board expressed the opinion that Buning shouldn't have overruled Lennon and scheduled a game last season against Northern Iowa. From my perspective, Buning's call was correct and he deserves credit for scheduling a game that can only help UND meet its long-term goals in the transition to the next level. That's my opinion about a factual event. Not everyone agrees with me, and that