DakotaT
15 years ago

..If there is one thing that sets the Boomer generation apart it is the consistency of their incompetence...

"vikesrule" wrote:



Hmmmm....So are you insinuating in your subtle manner that I and all of my generation are incompetent?

Interesting thought that....coming from someone inhabiting the "Ivory Tower" known as the world of academia.
Ah yes, the world of academia, the place where reality is a concept to be discussed and dissected.....rather than lived.

But then again, in my incompetence, I may be indiscriminately grouping all scholars as one in thought and action.

"Wade" wrote:



Of course your generation is incompentent, you started all the drug problems in this country, and you are also the first generation in the history of this country that left its children in worse financial shape than it inherited. Should we give you a metal plus admiration or mock you? Way to go. Bunch of hippie, free love, share everything as long as I can sit around and expand my mind dumbasses. You left Generation X and the following generations to clean up after your mess. The problem is that the Boomers are in power right now and there is nothing anyone can do but wait you all out.
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Zero2Cool
15 years ago

Hmmmm....So are you insinuating in your subtle manner that I and all of my generation are incompetent?

"vikesrule" wrote:



Nah, just you and any other Vikings fan. 😛
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15 years ago

..If there is one thing that sets the Boomer generation apart it is the consistency of their incompetence...

"vikesrule" wrote:



Hmmmm....So are you insinuating in your subtle manner that I and all of my generation are incompetent?

Interesting thought that....coming from someone inhabiting the "Ivory Tower" known as the world of academia.
Ah yes, the world of academia, the place where reality is a concept to be discussed and dissected.....rather than lived.

But then again, in my incompetence, I may be indiscriminately grouping all scholars as one in thought and action.

"Wade" wrote:



Never take a general statement as a personal comment. :)

And please note that I, too, am a Boomer.

I would have no problem if the entire generation were disenfranchised. The loss of my ability to write in "None of the Above" would be worth it.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
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15 years ago
oh yes, and I would have no problem with disenfranchising everyone in the academy with a PhD as well.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
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vikesrule
15 years ago

..If there is one thing that sets the Boomer generation apart it is the consistency of their incompetence...

"Wade" wrote:



Hmmmm....So are you insinuating in your subtle manner that I and all of my generation are incompetent?

Interesting thought that....coming from someone inhabiting the "Ivory Tower" known as the world of academia.
Ah yes, the world of academia, the place where reality is a concept to be discussed and dissected.....rather than lived.

But then again, in my incompetence, I may be indiscriminately grouping all scholars as one in thought and action.

"vikesrule" wrote:



Never take a general statement as a personal comment. :)

And please note that I, too, am a Boomer.

I would have no problem if the entire generation were disenfranchised. The loss of my ability to write in "None of the Above" would be worth it.

"Wade" wrote:




Wade, it is just that I can get really ticked off whenever someone generalizes any "group" of people, be it age, race, religion, et al.

Indeed, I am troubled by this tendency to define ourselves and others by the group(s) we belong to.
I am uncomfortable with deriving my identity from the various groups I belong to age, gender, nationality, race.....
For better or for worse, I am defined by my own characteristics, not by generalities based on my group identification.

I believe that group think, Our side versus their side, can be the cause of the many problems.

But we be good Wade......perhaps that is just me.......you know........."chronologically challenged". ::wink:
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15 years ago

Wade, it is just that I can get really ticked off whenever someone generalizes any "group" of people, be it age, race, religion, et al.

Indeed, I am troubled by this tendency to define ourselves and others by the group(s) we belong to.
I am uncomfortable with deriving my identity from the various groups I belong to age, gender, nationality, race.....
For better or for worse, I am defined by my own characteristics, not by generalities based on my group identification.

I believe that group think, Our side versus their side, can be the cause of the many problems.

But we be good Wade......perhaps that is just me.......you know........."chronologically challenged". ::wink: [/color]

"vikesrule" wrote:



Well said. +1 for pointing out that that I wasn't practicing what I preach.

Because I agree completely. The worst thing about the "diversity" people, for example, is not that they argue for diversity. It's that they define diversity by group membership. The diversity that matters is individual diversity.

An individualist such as myself should be especially wary of generalizing by group. Much as my fellow academics piss me off, there are many academic individuals who I greatly respect. As often as I find Boomers particularly annoying, I know many individuals born in those years worthy of attention.

I think I tend to scorn those two groups so much (and this is not meant as justification, merely explanation) is that so many of the people who frustrate the crap out of me, with their pretension and their hypocrisy and their claims of expertise and experience and their stupidity, happen to be, among other things, members of the group called "Boomers" and the group called "academics".

But I should know better. Heck, you and Formo prove that even "Viking fans" is not a uniformly scorn-able group. 🙂
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
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Zero2Cool
15 years ago

He's just fumbled for the second time against the bears.

I remember when Ahman had the bad streak, e.g., there was no small amount of consideration of benching him. And AP fumbles far more often than AG ever did.

If you were the Vikings, and you have chester taylor, a 1000-yard runner in his own right, would you ever consider benching AP for all or part of a game?

"Wade" wrote:



After the fumble in OT against the Bears, yes.
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Formo
15 years ago

He's just fumbled for the second time against the bears.

I remember when Ahman had the bad streak, e.g., there was no small amount of consideration of benching him. And AP fumbles far more often than AG ever did.

If you were the Vikings, and you have chester taylor, a 1000-yard runner in his own right, would you ever consider benching AP for all or part of a game?

"Zero2Cool" wrote:



After the fumble in OT against the Bears, yes.

"Wade" wrote:



It didn't matter.. The BRETT FAVREs never got the ball back again in their possession. I'm sure AP would have been riding the pine if they did.
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Zero2Cool
15 years ago
I stand by my comments.
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15 years ago
Two thoughts (and the OP thanks you for kicking this thread, Zero2Cool!):

1. Well, no one ever said Childress was a rocket scientest level coach.

2. After watching him yesterday, I'm convinced AP has a bigger problem than his fumbles. He's juking and jiving and running sideways way too much. In the chat I said he resembled the later John Brockington.

And even though Brockington was one of my favorite Packers during the long Dark Ages between Super Bowls II and XXXI, it was not meant as a compliment.

In his first couple years, Brockington destroyed defenses. I still remember the way he just destroyed people running up the middle. But then, whether it was the pounding he'd been taking, or something else, he was making all these extra little moves in the backfield and at the line of scrimmage. And, IIRC, lasted a total of like 5-6 years, with the last three or so largely unremarkable.

Sure, Peterson had a couple nice runs yesterday. But he didn't look anything like what he did last year when he deserved the "best RB currently in the NFL" moniker. He looked average.

If truth be told, he didn't look any better than Ryan Grant. Worse in fact.

I'm not saying AP is done, or that Grant has passed him by. But I do think Vikings fans should be careful in putting too many eggs in the AP basket....even assuming he solves the fumble problem. Because there's some disturbing tendencies suggesting themselves right now.
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