I want someone to clearly explain this to me...

Perhaps the real MarAzul.

 

Of course it's non-nonsensical if you are going to get that literal. I didn't mention God's infallibility as part of any parallel, any more than you mentioned the "absolute influence" a parent has on a child. That wasn't the parallel I was making, so that explains a bit.

Parents have absolute influence over their children. Fans, not so much. In fact, as a customer, fans likely have one of the most over-rated degrees of self-perceived influence of any consumer. No one is more influential in a child's life than a parent. So, I could harp on how in that respect, your analogy makes no sense. Or, I could look at what you're trying to say, see where there are comparisons, and not worry about whether or not you are trying to make some deeply philosophical argument.

I was talking more to the reactions people post on this forum, and why they are so polar opposite. It's either positive or extremely critical. Believers or non. Parents or dead beats.

In any respect, I think an analogy that led to the take away, "people that constantly complain about the Blazers and why they aren't good (on the "Official" Blazer forum no less) are attention seeking asshole, or perhaps just miserable people, but in either case should be ignored and encouraged to play in traffic", was the direction I was going, but I was trying to be nice.

 

What does that say about a person, who sees people as anything but infallible, and feels the need to be point out their faults at every opportunity?

Career choice matches: Traffic Cop, House sitter of a van down by the river, ranting conspiracy theory bum on a street corner/coin collector, juvenile hall sanitation specialist, unemployed, teenage dirt bag


Anyway, are Portland championship hopes over yet? Did the media decide after that 1 game last night yet?

 

Ha! The real MarAzul is not much of a Basketball fan at all!

 

Wouldn't being a christian also have God, being your influence?

Guess I'm missing your concept or analogy.

And as for a parent, I've seen children never listen to their mom.

 

And any analogy requiring that much explanation is probably a bad one, especially if it STILL makes no sense...

 

Ummm No I think you may be missing the distinction between two types of fans. The first type probably you and most Identify with are the Fans like yourself, Mags and most here. Your team, your favorite players and your desire to see your favorite guys do well with astonishing performances as often as possible, clutch magic to close the game is the best it gets. Homer's all the way like Mags.

Then there are the students of the game that like to see good basketball but preferable by the Blazers. Alway wanting to see more progress toward perfection of the unstoppable system. Just because they are never fully
pleased doesn't make them asshole or attention whores. They can communicate with each other but not with the other type because where they never quite see perfection and speak of it, the first type never quite see the
flaws and doesn't want too see them, nor anyone else see them, or for god sake, speak of them.

Of course there are attention whores, that are a pain in the ass to both groups of fans.
The one's that never see value in Lamarcus Aldridge come to the top of my list. or the ones that never see a flaw like the piss poor coach that was Nate McMillan.

 

Yes, good point. You could make an analogy of any two totally random things on the planet and explain how they are related over 5 paragraphs.