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It's a really bad stigma for a QB and completely destroys their confidence over time until eventually they're running into their own O-line and butt fumbling. AD probably has 1-2 years before he crumbles completely, but Mike Brown and Lewis are likely to wait it out. Especially since there just isn'...

Pretty much.

And his performance there (I'm told, I mean I didn't watch the game) did nothing but increase his number of detractors.

You're asking me what they should do because x will lead to y event in the future and I have to map out hypothetical scenarios to meet your arbitrary requirements of what policies should exist just because I'm trying to say putting pentacle looking lights on a school bus is a mistake and makes them ...

Slippery slope.

Zod: Oh sorry, did I say they should ban it? I mean I'm not exactly careful with how I word things. Maybe you can find where I said that. Well, I think this counts as being dogpiled. I think it's allowed in Off-Topic though so okay. Then what the fuck are you even arguing? Well they faux pas'd. The...

Zod: Oh sorry, did I say they should ban it? I mean I'm not exactly careful with how I word things. Maybe you can find where I said that.

Well, I think this counts as being dogpiled. I think it's allowed in Off-Topic though so okay.

Sure, because lights on a school bus are healthy and promote well-being, don't they? Can't have those Christians denying our rights to put upside down pentacles on our buses, it might hurt the children.

Zod, you're arguing opinion to attack opinion and then saying my argument has fallen apart because who cares. I care enough to post, so I guess I do. A little bit. I just don't see how putting something that can offend someone (edit: for religious reasons) on a publicly funded vehicle is acceptable....

Yes, they are dots that are arranged to look like a five pointed star that are also inadvertently located on a circular shape. It's still entirely dishonest to say that they don't look like the shape of a pentacle. Yes, this is the human brain recognizing a pattern. Thanks for pointing that out, bro...

Let me try to clarify: 1. There is no pentagram on the bus. The lights are in the shape of the vertexes of a star. If you connected the points the right way and counted the circles, you could have a pentagram, but those lines aren't so connected. It is also clear from the picture that the stars hav...

General Zod wrote:This woman would probably find a Menorah offensive.

Maybe she would, but a pentacle specifically is seen as a Satanic thing by a number of Christians. If we assume she'd raise the same outrage about a Menorah, we're strawmanning.

Hm, then maybe. I'm saying a symbol that would offend someone for religious reasons does not belong on a school bus. The article is about someone being offended for religious reasons. Now if that doesn't fall under your idea for "religious symbols don't belong on public school buses", then...

General Zod wrote:The problem is who cares what religious symbol it happens to be? Freedom of religion applies to the unpopular beliefs just as much as Christianity.

The only valid argument is that religious symbols don't belong on public school buses.

And that's the argument I was making, so what's your point?

If I have no idea that some religions prohibit ham and I offer someone from that religion some ham, I'm still being a dick. Yeah, I don't see how that follows. Besides, this is more like offering that person chicken and them deciding that it looked kind of like ham and raising a big stink about it ...

If I have no idea that some religions prohibit ham and I offer someone from that religion some ham, I'm still being a dick.

I tend to like Beelzebus, though.

That flag isn't as problematic because they are not upside down pentacles* and the interior lines are not visible. But whether or not an upside down outline of a 5 pointed star is evil is really down to the individual Christian. *edit: I mean a star with a circle around it, not sure if that's a pent...

Defensive Coordinator Paul Guenther is not Mike Zimmer is what happened. Around week 4 is when the Bengals topped out, becoming the near consensus #1 team in the NFL. Week 5 is when they played the Patriots. Up until that point, our new Defensive Coordinator had been blitzing a lot. On week 5, he ju...

The reason I won't concede is basically this: Players-- perhaps especially defensive linemen-- with low snap counts should get higher grades than they'll get with higher snap counts. An example of this is the Bengals' Gilberry, who looked great as a backup, but then this year he became the main star...

If I'm going to count guys like Eifert and Jones as borderline good, I won't concede that guys who you say played some games and looked good were good starters. I'll agree to Ngata and Monroe, but not the others, including your FS. Back to the main point, the Ravens' injuries look bad if you say the...

I have to admit I'm going to flubb at least a bit, but I guess if we trim down to the good players it's: TE Pitta CB J Smith T Wagner Who isn't on IR but missed a lot of games and qualifies as a quality starter? FS Terrence Brooks should count as completely unproven at this point. Is he good? Maybe....

Yes, your long snapper and a shitload of backup CBs who are all now starters. Devastating loss there, Thanas. Bloat the numbers more, please.

Did you miss the part where I said "actual good players"?

But after at most CB3, the loss is no different from simply being missing 2 guys. Those other people are just bad CBs who were probably signed on to play STs, yes? Or some inexperienced guy who couldn't crack the top tier on the team yet, but "flashes so much potential". You're arguing qua...

I'm sure that missing your CB3-8 is such a big deal, them being amazing elite players and all. I'm talking about actual good players. Dude.

Oh, were the Bengals media favorites this week? Well then that'll learn 'em. Actually, probably not. Well I can't brag since they lost, but the Bengals have potentially been a lot more injured in critical positions for most of the season. TE#1 out for the season, WR2 out for the season, Green out fo...

Because then the Bengals would actually get a playoff win.