I started the open letter thread in respone to:

I'M THE ULTIMATE KNICKS FAN. THIS SITE WAS NAMED FOR ME. YOU AND THE REST OF NON-BELIEVERS WHO ARE ALWAYS SO BITTER TOWARDS THE KNICKS AS IF DOLAN IS GOING TO DO WHAT YOU WISH SHOULD JUST GIVE IT UP AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE LIKE NYETS FORUMS. PLEASE GO!

DO YOU ALL GET TOGETHER AND DISCUSS YOUR SEEMINGLY SAD LIVES? IT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR ALL THE HATERS HERE. YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A GROUP THERAPHY AND LET ALL YOUR DEPRESSIVE THOUGHTS OUT BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND.

When this starts to happen the site flames up and its just no fun.

I think the feedback has been mostly good.

I would think if anyone changes their colors they might just proclaim as such and move on to another site. Would not make sense to try to "convert" people to nets. On the other hand there is nothing wrong with discussion about any team, especially if they are in the division and made vast roster changes.

And like I said, if the subject is of no interest, it just goes away.........

From Infinitylov100 (who took his name to obviously point out Bonn1999)

Nalod wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

From Infinitylov100 (who took his name to obviously point out Bonn1999)

Not sure what you mean

infiniti is a car. Bonn is Bonneville, a car. Thats my take at least. He seemed to come in to antagonize.

arkrud wrote:

foosballnick wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

arkrud wrote:This is free country (I hope) and free blog site (I hope).
There are the rules we have in the society and on this blog on how to politely express ourselves
All the rest is rubbish.

+1
Obviously by now the moderators have heard and rejected the arguments of inf, crushalot, and other complainers.

You guys might actually need to go back and read the 2nd Amendment. What subjects that are allowed and/or moderated on a blog are not a Second Amendment right. The second amendment gives you the right to start your own blog with your own rules and on a topic of your choosing. As long as it's not treasonous or conspiring in illegal activities.

This thread is laughable. Started by a Nets sympathizer who grew up in Brooklyn who is the one proposing board rules to allow threads for the sole purpose of discussing the Nets. Supported by a Nets fansite owner and posters who seem to be Knick haters or fans who are perhaps so frustrated that a majority of what they post is negative concerning the Knicks....and who seem to only support the notion of "Nets talk" on this Knicks board in order to keep another outlet available to spew vitriol towards the Knicks. Anyone who challenges this is "trying to make the rules" or even "not for free speech".

Andrew and Martin will ultimately do what is right for how they want their site organized, whatever that is in terms of moderating threads based on the interest level and traffic. [b] People come to this site to get news and read about the Knicks, after all, it is a Knick fan site. As an avid sports fan and site "reader" for many NY teams, I know I would take offense to say a NY Giants site that had a significant number of Jets, Eagles or Cowboys threads. Why would I continually go there as there when I am a biased fan and want to read/discuss the Giants. The same holds true here. As a Knicks site, I come here to read and get news about the Knicks. I would also expect a strong negative reaction to any threads and discussion on our cross town rivals. Perhaps Bonn, that is what you are hoping for?
quote]

arkrud wrote:The reality is that for some fans it is hard to stomach that the rivalry between Knicks and Nets is even possible.
But Nets are good team now and get a prime location and huge possible fan base.
And I am talking the Knicks and how bad they fall to have the Knicks fan fear some f..ng Nets to grab some fan base in NY.
I do not consider fans who only looking on their bellowed team without comparing to other teams the real fans. This is just narcissism.

arkrud wrote: I was talking with a lot of folks in the office, my friends in Brooklyn and NJ, just random guys in Sport Authority shop and...
a lot of them told me that they are switching to Nets.
And the reason being putting aside old stories of Dolan and last decade of embarrassments the last events of Walsh, MDA, and Lin departures.
[b]Talk about conspiracy[b].... but it is a perfect turn of events for Nets to establish solid NYC fan base.
They already get 10K of season tickets and press is good.
So who will be the NYC Clippers?

Bonn1997 wrote:

infinitilov100 wrote:The reality is that some "fans" just want to use the Knicks forum to make Nyets relevant.

The reality is you talk about the Nets more than any other poster on this forum.

Isn't that what you wanted? The Nyets needed attention on our forum and there are Nyets threads being made in the Knicks forum so I'll be talking about them until you get it.

infinitilov100 wrote:

arkrud wrote:

foosballnick wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

arkrud wrote:This is free country (I hope) and free blog site (I hope).
There are the rules we have in the society and on this blog on how to politely express ourselves
All the rest is rubbish.

+1
Obviously by now the moderators have heard and rejected the arguments of inf, crushalot, and other complainers.

You guys might actually need to go back and read the 2nd Amendment. What subjects that are allowed and/or moderated on a blog are not a Second Amendment right. The second amendment gives you the right to start your own blog with your own rules and on a topic of your choosing. As long as it's not treasonous or conspiring in illegal activities.

This thread is laughable. Started by a Nets sympathizer who grew up in Brooklyn who is the one proposing board rules to allow threads for the sole purpose of discussing the Nets. Supported by a Nets fansite owner and posters who seem to be Knick haters or fans who are perhaps so frustrated that a majority of what they post is negative concerning the Knicks....and who seem to only support the notion of "Nets talk" on this Knicks board in order to keep another outlet available to spew vitriol towards the Knicks. Anyone who challenges this is "trying to make the rules" or even "not for free speech".

Andrew and Martin will ultimately do what is right for how they want their site organized, whatever that is in terms of moderating threads based on the interest level and traffic. [b] People come to this site to get news and read about the Knicks, after all, it is a Knick fan site. As an avid sports fan and site "reader" for many NY teams, I know I would take offense to say a NY Giants site that had a significant number of Jets, Eagles or Cowboys threads. Why would I continually go there as there when I am a biased fan and want to read/discuss the Giants. The same holds true here. As a Knicks site, I come here to read and get news about the Knicks. I would also expect a strong negative reaction to any threads and discussion on our cross town rivals. Perhaps Bonn, that is what you are hoping for?
quote]

arkrud wrote:The reality is that for some fans it is hard to stomach that the rivalry between Knicks and Nets is even possible.
But Nets are good team now and get a prime location and huge possible fan base.
And I am talking the Knicks and how bad they fall to have the Knicks fan fear some f..ng Nets to grab some fan base in NY.
I do not consider fans who only looking on their bellowed team without comparing to other teams the real fans. This is just narcissism.

arkrud wrote: I was talking with a lot of folks in the office, my friends in Brooklyn and NJ, just random guys in Sport Authority shop and...
a lot of them told me that they are switching to Nets.
And the reason being putting aside old stories of Dolan and last decade of embarrassments the last events of Walsh, MDA, and Lin departures.
[b]Talk about conspiracy[b].... but it is a perfect turn of events for Nets to establish solid NYC fan base.
They already get 10K of season tickets and press is good.
So who will be the NYC Clippers?

Yep... I said this. What do you said?
You forget to copy/paste from the notebook...