Re: negativity despite Cs success

[opi@unesco.org]

Who am I to ever negate a negativity negator, but personally I got a chuckle
out of what Cecil said below, and that's despite being pretty much El
Presidente of the Internet Chapter of the Fellowship of the Miserables.

GO you CELTS!

Joe

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Thomas Murphy wrote:

> A little while back someone complained about the negativity that at times
> seems so prevalent on the list.
>
> I think it is important to realize that a large chunk of the negativity on
> the list tends to take the form of people "dumping" not on the coach or
> team but on other people on the list. From where I sit what separates
> negativity from thoughtful commentary is not necessarily WHAT is said but
> HOW it is said. A negative about a perceived negative does not necessarily
> add up to a positive. Indeed, when indulged in gratuitously (as below) such
> "negativity for the sake of combating negativity" seems to embody all the
> worst characteristics that have lately been so loudly asserted concerning
> "negativity". Dare I say it smacks of "the pot calling the kettle black"?
> Perhaps we need to cut Antoine some slack since it seems that we need look
> no farther than this list to find problems with maturity.
>
> I'll keep this short, before - to use another cliche - someone decides to
> "hoist me on my own petard" by accusing me of being "too negative on the
> negativity-negators" ;) and simply end by extending my congrats to Pitino
> and the team as a whole on a fine victory that must surely taste sweet,
> particularly since it involves a certain degree of vindication. I could get
> used to this kind of ball - GO Celts GO!!
>
> Best wishes - Tom Murphy
>
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> > Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 22:02:32 -0400
> > From: "Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>
> > Subject: Tonight
> >
> > Awfully quiet on the Celtic Grouch List tonight!  Wassup???  Where are
> > y'all???  Pitino sucks!  Toine sucks!  Waltah sucks!  Barros sucks!
> Battie sucks!  Cheaney sucks!  Pervis sucks!  There, I've said it for you.
> Now
> > maybe for one game anyway, we can appreciate old-style Celtic ball
> movement and team play without ripping someone, huh?
> >
> > Cecil