Re: We know who the REAL melonhead is...

[Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

Bill Bird, that was the Celtics list "post of the year" hands down. I
think the list is always fun to read (as well as particularly on top of
things lately), but it rarely gets as good as that.

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bird wrote:

> >From: Ryan Lee <rlee_at_channing@yahoo.com>
> >
> >NOt sure if my last mail was sent out (mail server
> >crashed), but in case it didn't....
>
> Thank god you re-sent this, Ryan.  I, for one, think you're a hero to
> the list, and feel all the better today for reading what you sent.  I
> don't care what other people say, you're not a complete moron in my
> eyes!
>
> >The Celts match up very
> >well except for the center spot.  Kenny can more than
> >handle an undersized AJ and an ancient Harper.  Adrian
> >and Pierce can hold their own against Kobe and they
> >can absolutely lay waste to Antonio Daniels.  Pierce
> >can easily handle Horry,Elliot, Elie,and Rice since
> >they have zero D and limited offense(yes that includes
> >Rice).
>
> Too bad we didn't play more than four games against both these teams
> -- we coulda racked up the wins and skated into the Finals, where we
> were sure to beat the Fakers in four games, eh?
>
> >an opinion can only hold valid for so long
> >before it becomes pure lunacy, you lunatic.
>
> Good for you, Ryan!  Why respond to Cecil when you can just call him
> a name?  (I like the way you call him a "lunatic" after you use
> another form of the word ("lunacy").   Some people might call that
> redundant.  Not me -- I think you just latched on to a word like you
> do to the whole Trade Antoine Now cause.  (By the way, I think we
> oughta trade Walker for Kiki Vandeweghe, a BLT on rye, and a copy of
> Ayn Rand's _The Fountainhead_.)  What's Cecil thinking, anyway,
> trying to respond with some dignity?  Trying to infect this List with
> his reasonableness and good humor.  The gall!  He even dares to be a
> blind Celtics fan, the heathen.
>
> In conclusion, Ryan -- while others are calling you a straw man
> debater, or an obsessive reactionary, or a lazy researcher, or a
> crazed moron, or a guy with a hard-on for overblown statements, or a
> vile piece of detritus, _I'm_ not doing so.  Bless you, Ryan Lee!
>
> >- --- Cecil Wright <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:
> >>  I would think one reason you may get "flamed" is the
> >>  confrontational nature
> >  > of your posts, not to mention the inaccuracies.  [...]
> >  > Kenny  is not a very good PG IMHO.  Toine is not a
> >>  very good F IYHO.  But I
> >  > am not gonna call you names over something so silly.