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Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars
Sure, it's nobody's JOB to show humility. Nobody get's paid to do that, and it's not a law. So, nobody has to show humility ever. I get that. I just think humans SHOULD be more considerate. You obviously don't. Do you ever hold the door open for somebody? Do you ever let another car into your lane? Probably not, since you obviously don't value human compassion.
Oh, I see. Since you can't argue why it is okay to humiliate people, you will just come at me with a bunch of crap. Obviously there is no way to quantify embarrassment, so you just ask a question that can't be answered. Good argument. It's one of those gray areas. It's subjective. Don't ask me to objectify it, because it can't be done. It's just one of those things you have to use your judgment on. I can't say where the line is, but that doesn't mean that I don't know when it's been crossed.
So he put in Cassell with 5 minutes left. Do you think that is evidence of BB's humility?
So, if you say something that offends another person it's their fault for getting offended? You played no role in hurting their feelings? I would guess that you don't care about anyone.
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Ghetto, I think you're taking Beemen's comments out of context if you are somehow suggesting that he has no concept of human compassion based on this particular argument. Two men slammming into each, pointing fingers, and talking smack for 60 minutes doesn't seem compassionate to me anyway.
I'm of the opinion, that compassion and some of these other human virtues are either overshadowed or a non-issue in the realm of competative sports. They must recede to the backgroud to some extent in order to fully compete. I'm not saying that you don't understand this, it's just that discussion crosses some gray territory that's all, and the tendacy is to lump it all together.
Does Belichick lack humility and compassion? Not one of us here can answer that with 100% certainty because we don't know what he's like when he steps away from the arena of competition. Does he lack sportsmanship? Now that's a horse of a different color. And I think we're confusing sportsmanship with other human virtues. Sportsmanship, and correct me if I'm wrong, says that as long as I'm abiding by the rules, then everything is good.
He lacked sportsmanship and judgement when he was caught cheating with the cameras - unfair advantage. Running up the score? Hmmm...don't know, because there was no unfair advantage.