BasketballJones wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:I'm not going to lie, I expected more out of sebby and bitty

Bitty's around and posting a little. Maybe she's just waiting until the dust settles to make her opinion known. Not sure why she's being grouped with sebstar.

the jokestar had to turn this serious... I just happen to want to know what they both think, which is the sole reason for the grouping

dodger78 wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:

BasketballJones wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:I'm not going to lie, I expected more out of sebby and bitty

Bitty's around and posting a little. Maybe she's just waiting until the dust settles to make her opinion known. Not sure why she's being grouped with sebstar.

yeah i seen bitty posting, last week matter of fact. she's around.

Shes def. around... weve been sharing some soccer insights in the World Cup thread!!! ;-)

Suarez's save, and subsequent red card save was the craziest thing I have seen in any sport ever. It's a shame that Uraguay is going to lose tonight because he's not playing and there's no suitable replacement.

Germany wins the whole thing

We need to pull the race card to lure her back in.

Maybe we can say things like "if Larry Bird was a free agent now he'd have made up his mind by now!"

Or

"If Anyone think that Lebron is taking his time because he is Black and likes the Yankees"?

Marv wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:

Solace wrote:I think he just took some time to cool off after what happened in that one thread. At least, that's what I assume.

What happened?

it's not worth rehashing it - seb, got pissed though and said he was out. Hopefully he cools it and comes back.

marv, you talk to him at all?

yeah i talked to him and he's good. you know he'll come back with a bang when he makes up his own stubborn mind to do so.

good. tell him to hurry his ass back here.

Bonn1997 wrote:What's up guys? This stuff with the FAs was too exciting for me to stay away. I've been reading the forums for the past couple of days. Things are going pretty well for me in Alabama--I'm just really busy with work.
I'd support the Amare signing only if it brings in Bosh, Lebron, or Wade. Otherwise, it looks like we overpaid badly and wasted a lot of assets to free cap space. That said, I still like Amare and am excited to see him play.

nalod has sorely missed you bonnie

Bonn1997 wrote:

Nalod wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:What's up guys? This stuff with the FAs was too exciting for me to stay away. I've been reading the forums for the past couple of days. Things are going pretty well for me in Alabama--I'm just really busy with work.
I'd support the Amare signing only if it brings in Bosh, Lebron, or Wade. Otherwise, it looks like we overpaid badly and wasted a lot of assets to free cap space. That said, I still like Amare and am excited to see him play.

MY MUSE HAS RETURNED!!!!!!!

Gotta go for 20k! Would that be "DR. TWENTY THOUSAND"?

Bonnie, I missed you!

How Many Dogs you got now? I recall you were like big in the rescue thing?

Is there a Mrs. Bonnie yet?

You got a good teaching gig in Alabama I done that thar rekonn?

2 dogs still. No Mrs. Bonnie. I seem not to be good at attracting women. How have you been?

Was suppose to meet up with UK gathering in NOvember to watch the Cavs play but instead had open heart surgery instead. Not joking either.

It was a complete sucess and it was confirmed I do in fact have a heart!

I figured you might have gotten hitched or somthing good. YOu in 'Bama for the summer?

Miss Seb's input but to paint Seb as the bad guy or the one at fault in why he isn't around is totally misleading. I suggest people view the thread in question to draw their own conclusions. Like TMS said Seb is no phony. You won't catch him posting he is out of here only to show up a few hours later like no declaration was made. Some do this on a weekly basis and sometimes under different screen names.

Bonn1997 wrote:Hey Solace! What's new?

Not too much. Just work, school, and waiting for the ball to drop on the LeBron sweepstakes. How's life?

nyk4ever wrote:

Pharzeone wrote:Nice to see Bonn on here again.

Miss Seb's input but to paint Seb as the bad guy or the one at fault in why he isn't around is totally misleading. I suggest people view the thread in question to draw their own conclusions. Like TMS said Seb is no phony. You won't catch him posting he is out of here only to show up a few hours later like no declaration was made. Some do this on a weekly basis and sometimes under different screen names.

im blaming playa's thread more than anything. listen i understand that **** has to be talked about, but losing a poster like seb in a BASKETBALL forum because of some racial discussion isn't worth it to me.

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i am not saying race should not be talked about, but maybe in a basketball forum it isn't the proper setting. i see too many posters getting pissed at each other, martin/andrew, playa, whoever because of these things. i don't think it's worth losing anyone over that. there are too many good people on this site for that to happen.

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in no way am i blaming playa, he wanted to talk about it and others chose to engage, it's not his fault. i mentioned his name only because he's the one who created the thread which inturn sparked controversy. whether people over-reacted or not isn't for me to decide, i'm just saying.

ok, i've said my piece on this. either way, i hope seb comes back real soon. he's a good dude.

Well, here's my take on that. I don't really want to get into the race discussion here anymore and I don't think it has proven a fruitful discussion on these boards. I think there's two amenable ways to go: 1) People talk about race, but try to be more considerate about how other people who have different backgrounds might feel (e.g.: No finger pointing, insults, stereotypes, etc..) or 2) We agree to disagree and not talk about race anymore. Personally, I prefer #2, purely based on a very poor history on these forums. If people choose #1, that's fine, but if it's going to be done with blatant disrespect, people are going to call it out, and these types of things will keep occurring.

I also agree with nyk that this is not the proper setting; I don't think people come here to talk about race and it catches people off-guard when there's a thread started with unjustified generalizations.

As for Seb, I hope he returns. Again, under the same conditions I mentioned earlier.