[NU Sports] Soccer cats hazing -- blown out of proportion

[szeller at comcast.net]

Actually, I appreciate Mr. DeGroat's sky-is-falling attitude, as a nice polemic edge to the spectrum of discussion. I also like his almost Dickensian-sounding name which fits his opinions so well. I could almost picture his name becoming part of the lexicon, a la "pickwickian" or "scroogelike". Perhaps as in the sentence, "Things were looking up for the squad until they became dismayed by all the degroating in the audience."

Scott Zeller MD
Med 86

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From: "jason" <jason at jasonsinger.com> 

> Apologies to all, but I've, yet again, been randomly taken to task in public 
> by Mr. DeGroat and I would like to respond, so with your patience: 
> 
> John, 
> 
> I'm a little tired of anyone who disagrees with you being insulted. God 
> forbid, someone writes something that you find to be a personal or 
> ideological affront, and they "will never get it". Go start up a Board of 
> people who only feel the way you do if we all are so off target. I prefer a 
> discourse where differing viewpoints are backed up with knowledge, fact, 
> humor, and passion. Not insults. 
> 
> Now to defend: 
> 
> Hey, pal. Read my post more carefully. I put the blame for dishonoring the 
> dignity of the White House on the past TWO Presidents (the one who lied about 
> WMD's AND the one who lied about Monica). My point being that the lack of 
> dignity shown by our leaders IS bipartisan. Stop changing other people's 
> words to fit your arguments. 
> 
> Further, I said what I said with respect, but since you have done nothing but 
> disrespect me and my words, than maybe you should take a look at what that 
> personal need of yours to be right all the time is all about. I said from the 
> beginning it was just my opinion, not my need to be correct. Remember 
> the "disagree" part of my post? Of course not. 
> 
> I was never talking politics. I was talking taste and NU championships. You 
> are the one who brought up partisan politics, as you always do when someone 
> disagrees with you. 
> 
> Again, with respect, and with the wish that some of us would get that back 
> from you, or better yet, you'd just join the rest of us in having time- 
> passing, fun-filled DISCUSSIONS about our boys and girls in Purple. Not 
> diatribes about why we're all wrong and you're ALWAYS right. 
> 
> Sorry to the rest of you, but I've had enough. 
> 
> Jason Singer 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 19 May 2006 07:17:52 -0400, John A. DeGroat wrote 
> > All you liberals are letting your politics distort what is 
> > appropriate. If you are invited somewhere dress and act in an 
> > appropriate manner. Maybe the White House doesn't mean squat to you, 
> > but it does represent in its own way the United States. It would 
> > have been just as inappropriate if the Lacrosse team had won the 
> > NCAA while Clinton was in office and all had shown up wearing Monica 
> > Lewinsky dresses. 
> > 
> > Politics has truly gotten so partisan as to be over the top. It's 
> > no wonder nothing gets done. 
> > 
> > John DeGroat 
> > 
> > MHRJGScott at aol.com wrote: 
> > 
> > >I also hope all our NU champion women wear flip flops, this gone over to 
> the 
> > >dark side president and darth Chaney have so totally screwed up this war 
> > >that all the boo hooing about the prestige and honor of the office are 
> simply 
> > >the last refuge of the supporters of a disgraced administration with no 
> other 
> > >place to hide. 
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