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Originally Posted by Nathaniele
I just really want a team, and as the old saying goes, nice guys always finish last. Do you think the fans of Baltimore cared how they got the Ravens? Beyond cleavland fans hating the Ravens, does anyone else really give 2 cents how the Ravens got their team?
You are right, I wouldn't want this in politics, which is one reason I can't vote for a repbulican again (at least this time around).
I don't condone lying, stealing and cheating, but this is big business and lets face it, the biggest wrong of this whole mess isn't the possibility that they lied to get the Sonics, its that they got "Caught" lying! If these guys hadn't left a paper trail we wouldn't even be talking about this and none would be the wiser!
If we just sit around playing nice waiting for a team, its gonna be 100 years before we see one and I think situation is a lot different than normal life and you can't apply this situation to others and at least I am being honest about it and not being all PC.
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There is a difference between playing nice versus condoning lying and announcing it to the world. I want a team as much as anyone else and I am not saying they lied. I just really cannot believe that someone would openly announce to the world that they do not care if they lied as long as we get the fruits of that lying. Take the team out of the equation. I am talking about honesty an being worthy of trust. You are saying that it does not matter. This is reminiscent of the "Character doesn't matter" argument of the Bill Clinton era. Character does matter. If a person does not tell the truth then it does not matter what they say because you cannot trust them. It is a moral issue of right and wrong. It is not okay to lie to get what you want period. Come on people! Stand for what is right!
This is a character issue that I am talking about. If Oklahoma City has to lower itself to telling the world that character does not matter so the world will think we are "Big League" then this is a sad day in America.
Paul