Letters to the Editor
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Thank you!
You picked the Pats, probably the only thing that I can think of as an advantage for the Giants in this game. Hell, I thought they would at least keep their mouths shut during the two weeks, but oh well. Wait, I didn't have much faith in them beating the Cowboys or the Packers. That minor reason for hope will probably be offset from Droogoy's prediction of a Giants thrashing of the Pats, let's say 37-24.
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I think you're right,
but regardless of the dreamboat Brady they epitomize teamwork.
Go Pats!
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So funny!
"Tom Brady is a dreamboat. And yes, you can."
"That's not a reason."
" Is."
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It Sucked
This was the worst written piece ever by King Kaufman. I gave up trying to sort out the numbers and roman numerals and various character voices half way down the first page.
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Ha!
"The Patriots are cheating cheaters who cheat, and cheaters never win, notwithstanding those 18 wins so far, achieved by cheating. By the cheaters. Who cheat."
Did Lynx help you write this column? I laughed out loud at least 3 or 4 times... funny stuff...
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tears, snorts, guffawing
I can't stop laughing.
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The Giants won't win but they will cover
You took on the wrong question. The Giants will cover.
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Yes, but:
David over Goliath
Joe Namath
Jimmy V
The Miracle on Ice
Picard over the Borg
Al Gore over George Bu--oh, never mind.
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Please God
Let a blown official's call late decide it in the Pats favor.
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Jonathan
It isn't like I've been the one bringing it up here lately.
And for all your protestations, all pro-pats people have managed to come up with is "well, it didn't matter and everyone does it". Neither of which is verifiable or relevant.
I'm not going to go over the reasons again, unless you push it. You've already amply shown you don't care if cheaters prosper. You just care that your guys win and if they have to cheat or poke opposing players in the eye long after any play is over infull view of the cameras, then so be it. I mean it isn't like anyone in a position of authority said:
"This episode represents a calculated and deliberate attempt to avoid long-standing rules designed to encourage fair play and promote honest competition on the playing field."
I mean that was only the commissioner of the league and who cares what he thinks.
I can give you quotes from sports ethicist that say this season should come with an *, but you don't care. Wes will say they're Nerds (and then lose some strange contest to them in the Fraternity Competition while the dean looks on helplessly), King will mock the siutation and you'll go back to pasting Brady's face over your wife's on your wedding photos.
I'm honestly suprised King brought it up at all, since he's made it clear in the past he thinks no-one actually cares if the Pats cheated, or are still cheating. Why would anyone care? It gets in the way of the story. What story, you may ask? Just be happy he got your help writing this article too: Tom Brady is Dreamy.
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Tom Brady
I happen to know for a fact that he's considering placing a bet on the Giants and might even root for them this weekend.
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Plaxico's knee
I'd feel better about the Giants' chances if Plaxico Burress' knee was healthy.
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With Satan Standing Beside Me And Guiding Me
I elevate above that personal attack.
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I usually like Kaufman but . . .
Man, this article was terrible. I couldn't even read it. I don't know what happened, but let's not do it again, OK?
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Well done Lynx
That was a great letter.
One team in NFL history has been caught and punished for cheating. It was the Patriots, it was this year. How is that not a big deal, King?
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Haiku response to Lynx.
Lynx is Easterbrook
Posting anonymously
He must get a life!
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spike24
I can't stand Easterbrook.
"get a life"? Seriously? That's the best you've got? Well, at least you managed to stick to Haiku form. Traditionally though you should have had something about the season in there.
Dry spike42
Winter seems to sap his brain
Thus his bad ideas
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Pace And Lynx
Need to stop this halfway stuff on their posts. I want verses from Ezekiel and Leviticus.
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Super Bowl.
King: Just wanted to say thanks for a lovely, brilliant column. You can write! Also a good article on Santana. Best to your kids. Sounds like you are having a lot of fun.
Diana Witt
diana.witt@comcast.net
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diana
Posts an e-mail. Can you post a pic up for us?
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Ezekiel 8:3
And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner `court' that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
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Lynx
nice haiku. But seriously, nobody but you and Easterbrook cares about the "cheating". It's a stupid rule that can be legally violated whenever teams want to. It's a known fact that teams have representatives in the stands recording the other team's hand signals. The only thing the Pats did was put their person on the sideline instead. Teams have been stealing hand signals for decades.
You need to get a life if this is what gets you so excited.
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Spike 42
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-timdahlberg-013008&prov=ap&type=lgns
Just me and Easterbrook, huh?
Well, and the other people who have posted here about it.
and sportswriter Tim Dahlberg
and sports ethicists Bruce Svare and Greg Dale
and Commissioner Roger Goodell
and legions of fans of other teams
and other sportswriters I've read
Hell, I probably wouldn't have even bothered saying anything this time if it weren't for the "Lynx helped you write this" comment. I figured if I'm being associated with it, I might as well respond.
And I'm hardly the most vitriolic about it. I've tried to explain why exactly I think it is a problem and that I have nothing against the Patriots, yet I'm accused of being a "Pats hater" or saying the Pats suck or some other boneheaded nonsense.
Please forgive me if I see systemic, organization-level attempts to undermine the intergrety of the game as a problem. Please further excuse me if I point this out while others are screaming about how much they love Brady and how this team is the greatest of all time. Maybe they are, over a single season, if it can be shown they weren't cheating. Maybe.