BB73;1689735; said:
If you weren't sure of my meaning, and wanted to clarify it, perhaps your post should have contained a question, rather than apparently trying to state what you think I should have said. Your post had an appearance of trying to put your words into what I had said, and that's something that many folks on the board would object to.
Well, nobody else on the board seemed to object to my post, nor chime in on the subsequent response to your chastisement. It's not my intention to put words in anyone's mouth. I'd surely object to that if someone were to do that to me.
TheRob8801 said:
Maybe it was the wording, but to me that seems as if you're saying...
That statement should've explained anything you needed to know about my comprehension of your post. It says that I wasn't sure of your tone, and then it says what I, personally, myself...got out of it...giving you every opportunity to simply say something along the lines of "that's not what I meant" and I would've been perfectly happy apologizing for the misunderstanding.
Here's some unsolicited advice, in the form of a polite request. Please stop trying to interpret the meaning of my posts, and please just stop quoting me and responding with comments like 'smug and condescending' in regards to my posts. I would seriously consider it a personal favor if you would stop doing that.
Considering it's the first and only time I've ever done such a thing, I get the feeling that it's more about the fact that I hurt your feelings than it is a real cease and desist statement. So, I'm sorry...you're right, I had no business calling you out like that, but the perceived tone you took with me was hurtful in it's own right. Hopefully you can clear that one up for me.
Regarding the original comment of the level of impressiveness of Tiger's performance, how far back would someone have to go to find another instance of a top athlete in an individual sport that's played worldwide, taking off several months from competitive play, and then having a top-4 finish in the first major played upon returning to the sport?
Wow - we'd have to go all the way back to one prior major in the two worldwide individual sports with 4 majors annually (golf and tennis) to find that Justine Henin, who took off about 20 months, finished 2nd in the Australian Open in January. Stop the presses, in the first major of the year, Henin took off 20 months and finished 2nd, but in the second tennis/golf major of the year, Tiger took off 5 months and finished in a tie for 4th!
That sarcasm is directed at the sports media in general, not at you personally.
...really? Judging by this I can only assume that you really do feel that Tiger's performance was unremarkable.
So, taking off a year and a half after announcing your retirement from the sport entirely and showing up on a couple of TV shows with no semblance of paparazzi terrorization is akin to being one of the most posterized figures in the sport getting caught up in a scandal that made airtime on just about every television channel forcedly removing you from the pro circuit amidst constant media invasion and re-appearing at one of if not THE most prestigious sporting events in all of sport?
We can make this solely about sport all we want, but when it comes to the mental toughness involved in both scenarios, you can't even begin to compare the two. Even if you HATED Tiger Woods, you'd have to look at both scenarios and realize that there's a little bit more to one story than there is the other.
Now if we're talking about Ben Hogan, the argument's over. Tiger Woods's success doesn't compare...but in most other comparisons, you'd be hard pressed to find the kind of mental toughness required to succeed under similar circumstances.
not only that but what he says is great. "Awww Fucking Faggot Mother Fucker" 
