Reply #13 priapus's post
oh boy here we go again, you say this fine thing:
seriously, unless you're canadian, who cares about hockey?
canucks dominated the west... so chances are a habs like performance from the 8 seed will take them out in 6. islanders fan here, but wouldn't mind if the rangers knocked off ovechkin et al.
i always find it interesting how it's America vs the World in terms of sports appreciation. So like we think european football is for pussies and the rest of the world thinks american football, given the helmets and padding, is for pussies. similarly, to americans, cricket is incomprehensible and boring, and baseball is viewed the same by the rest of the world.
now you say this:
I was merely remarking on hockey being a distant fourth in the hierarchy of American team spectator sports. Given the diaspora of Hong Kong families to Canada (it was a lot easier than immigrating to the US), it's no surprise that many site members care about hockey.
I never denigrated cricket as a sport. I just said Americans in the aggregate find it boring and incomprehensible. This is a fact. As crazy as it sounds to the rest of the world, we also find european football very boring too. If you can't identify with something either because you didn't grow up with it, or because you don't know the players playing, it's hard to care. This is an observation, not a judgment.
allow me to retort (Samuel L. Jackson):
i love it how you try to twist things. what are you some kind of jedi who can do mind tricks. in the 1st post where do you say hockey is the fourth. where do you mention the hk diaspora as well. yes you use the word we like you represent every american. why say anything about cricket why be so ethnocentric, uh oh you might have to look that up. if baseball is so unpopular around the world why the hell is there the WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC, which has been played twice and is coming again in 2 years???
yes your posts are so helpful on the mongering scene. it is because of you so many members are being helped by your posts. i could care less of the oh so intelligent words you use. before using big words underage boy know how to use them properly first. oh wait you are so smart i'm going to call you watson the super computer that was on jeopardy
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