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also, speaking of sports, I've said before that I think people should only be able to claim the glory and/or misery of their team that happened while

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Oct 12 '09, 16:29

they've been alive and following the team. most of the 100 years of Cubs misery might as well as happened during the Civil War.

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Uhm, as a third generation Cub Fan I can claim the whole thing as my birthright. - the liioulu with empty bottle Oct 12, 16:39 2
- this is *exactly* what I'm talking about, for the record. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 16:40 1
  - phhttt!! logic has nothing to do with it. - the liioulu with empty bottle Oct 12, 16:45
But in this case, since all of us can say it's been our whole lives, it really doesn't matter. - pmb Oct 12, 16:32 8
- but in the case of, say, a 25 year old Royals fan versus a 25 year old Cubs fan - has the Cubs fan really suffered more? -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 16:37 7
  - Since I'm old enough to go past all of those other sufferers at other teams, I don't care. -- nm - pmb Oct 12, 16:45
  - Depends. Is it Steve Bartman? -- nm - David Oct 12, 16:38 5
    - I think he goes by Langdon Alger now. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 16:43
    - So really, the Orioles fans and Cubs fans aren't very different at all in the last 25 years. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 16:42 3
      - You guys started a season 0-21? I'm going to have to google that. -- nm - David Oct 12, 16:45 2
        
        1988 with Murray & Rikepn in their primes. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 16:48 1
        
        With the mighty Rick Schu at 3B. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 16:53
Let's apply this rule to race relations. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 16:31 11
- black people won't let go of the past... gay people won't let go of the present... nation of whiners... -- nm - stewie Oct 12, 17:16
- The reality of that is yes and no. Yes, I don't think we have to carry the guilt of slavery and long past racism, but that doesn't mean the effects - pmb Oct 12, 16:51 3
  - Are you saying racism is "long past" in the U.S.? - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 16:56 2
    - I was saying what you said in your IM. - pmb Oct 12, 16:57
    - He as much as says it isn't in his IM. -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 16:57
- If only the Emancipation had just instantly made everyone equal in fact if not intent. Then you'd not have 100 years of Jim Crow, or 150 years of - TWuG Oct 12, 16:48
- I mostly agree, but I don't think there's an ethnic group in the world that's not holding a grudge against someone - Reagen Oct 12, 16:34 2
  - The English are grudgier than most - French, Germans, Americans, Scots, Irish, colonials -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 16:39 1
    - "Why don't we still own you?" -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 17:04
- let's not -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 16:33 1
  - White man's burden! -- nm - David Oct 12, 16:34

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