Believe

[MetalHead]

I believe we are gonna lose.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

The Cowboys can only win if they play to a level they haven't played all season.

The central question is, do you believe they will do that tonight?

 

[Maikeru-sama]

Wow, this thread hasn't been locked yet.

 

[Parnell]

Today is the 19th and I've been cursed by the number 19 my entire life..so has the world (waco, oklahoma city, 19 highjackers on 9/11, and the list goes on and on.)

BUT Every curse can be broken, and I think this is a good day for that to happen. Number 19 on the 19th needs a big big day.

 

[bbgun]

The Cowboys can only win if they play to a level they haven't played all season.

The central question is, do you believe they will do that tonight?

Valley Ranch, January 2010:

Jerry: Wade, the team once again performed below expectations. Can you give me one good reason why I should bring you back for a fourth year?

Wade: Believe.

Jerry: Come again?

Wade: Believe.

Jerry: Believe what?

Wade: Believe.

Jerry: Are you ********?

Wade: Believe.

Jerry: Fine. Welcome back.

 

[jackrussell]

Today is the 19th and I've been cursed by the number 19 my entire life..so has the world (waco, oklahoma city, 19 highjackers on 9/11, and the list goes on and on.)

And then there was that girl that said she was 19.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

The Cowboys can only win if they play to a level they haven't played all season.

The central question is, do you believe they will do that tonight?

Fallacy. That's not the only way they can win. They can win if they play average and the Saints play well under the level they've been playing. It's sort of a quasi-false dichotomy, which I don't think your ego will get in the way of understanding that there is not "only" one way to win.

We come from the same schools, my friend. And I respect you and your postings, so don't take my argument the wrong way. I even tried viewing your argument in the spirit of the Jain philosophers, being that there might be a grain of truth to that. But there isn't because the opposite can happen. NO could flop this game, and we could get lucky. It's possible. Therefore, it's not the only way we can win this game.

 

[jackrussell]

Reason to believe

Seen a man standin’ over a dead dog lyin’ by the highway in a ditch
He’s lookin’ down kinda puzzled pokin’ that dog with a stick
Got his car door flung open he’s standin’ out on Highway 31
Like if he stood there long enough that dog’d get up and run
Struck me kinda funny seem kinda funny sir to me
At the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe

Now Mary Lou loved Johnny with a love mean and true
She said “Baby I’ll work for you every day and bring my money home to you”
One day he up and left her and ever since that
She waits down at the end of that dirt road for young Johnny to come back
Struck me kinda funny seemed kind of funny sir to me
How at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe

Take a baby to the river Kyle William they called him
Wash the baby in the water take away little Kyle’s sin
In a whitewash shotgun shack an old man passes away
Take his body to the graveyard and over him they pray
Lord won’t you tell us tell us what does it mean
Still at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe

Congregation gathers down by the riverside
Preacher stands with his Bible groom stands waitin’ for his bride
Congregation gone and the sun sets behind a weepin’ willow tree
Groom stands alone and watches the river rush on so effortlessly
Lord and he’s wonderin’ where can his baby be
Still at the end of every hard earned day
people find some reason to believe

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Valley Ranch, January 2010:

Jerry: Wade, the team once again performed below expectations. Can you give me one good reason why I should bring you back for a fourth year?

Wade: Believe.

Jerry: Come again?

Wade: Believe.

Jerry: Believe what?

Wade: Believe.

Jerry: Are you ********?

Wade: Believe.

Jerry: Fine. Welcome back.

O, so original. Can you evade the issue at hand any more by disguising a real argument in the form of hypothetical dialogue?

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Fallacy. That's not the only way they can win. They can win if they play average and the Saints play well under the level they've been playing. It's sort of a quasi-false dichotomy, which I don't think your ego will get in the way of understanding that there is not "only" one way to win.

Dude. Seriously?

The Saints have yet to beat themselves this year, even when they play poorly, and it seems rather "fallacious" to assume they'll do it in this game.

However, I certainly did not intend to present my statement as absolutely predictive. Perhaps I should've clarified that.

If you find pregame motivation in being overly polemic with posters who never intended any offense, be my guest.

 

[bbgun]

Do you see the paradox you're naively wondering around in yet?

You're wondering around in a paradox and you don't even know it.

I went to a top 20 school in Austin. But that has nothing to do with pointing out your paradoxical reasoning.

Fallacy. That's not the only way they can win. They can win if they play average and the Saints play well under the level they've been playing. It's sort of a quasi-false dichotomy, which I don't think your ego will get in the way of understanding that there is not "only" one way to win.

We come from the same schools, my friend. And I respect you and your postings, so don't take my argument the wrong way. I even tried viewing your argument in the spirit of the Jain philosophers, being that there might be a grain of truth to that.

O, so original. Can you allude the issue at hand any more by disguising a real argument in the form of hypothetical dialogue?

pretentious (pr-tnshs)
adj.
1. Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.
2. Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious.

BTW, I went to a top 20 public school myself, so excuse me for not being knocked on my *** by this self-important drivel.

 

[JBell]

You better bereive it, baby!

 

[ScipioCowboy]

pretentious (pr-tnshs)
adj.
1. Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.
2. Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious.

BTW, I went to a top 20 school myself, so excuse me for not being knocked on my *** by this self-important drivel.

In fairness, UT dropped out of the top 20 of US New and World Report some time ago. However, the Times of London ranks UT among the top 30 schools in the world.

 

[Tio]

And then there was that girl that said she was 19.

:laugh2: nice

 

[bbgun]

In fairness, UT dropped out of the top 20 of US New and World Report some time ago. However, the Times of London ranks UT among the top 30 schools in the world.

Only a complete and total **** would use his alma mater as some sort of debating or bragging point. People who do that can't be ridiculed enough.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Only a complete and total **** would use his alma mater as some sort of debating or bragging point. People who do that can't be ridiculed enough.

school of Hard Knocks right here

BA in Thuganometry

MBA in Pimpology

 

[Tio]

This guy believes!!!!

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

pretentious (pr-tnshs)
adj.
1. Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.
2. Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious.

BTW, I went to a top 20 school myself, so excuse me for not being knocked on my *** by this self-important drivel.

You asked a question. And I answered honestly. I'm accused of being a pretentious tea sip quite often, given where I went to school is considered liberal yet prestigious. So your personal insults don't faze me.

I also said it had nothing to do with the argument at hand, but you asked. I answered. Scipio and I went to both the same high school and university, so that's what I was referring to. We've had discussions about certain topics that are popular amongst the UT academic curriculum.

To be honest, I'm not that impressed being from a top 20 school because there are plenty of dimwits that have attended them. Look no further than this thread.

By the way, you ad hominem attack on me wasn't unnoticed nor unexpected. Regardless of my educational background, I simply put forth an argument you couldn't intellectually handle and a bet your ego wouldn't let you take.

Oxymoron.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

You asked a question. And I answered honestly. I'm accused of being a pretentious tea sip quite often, given where I went to school is considered liberal yet prestigious. So your personal insults don't faze me.

I also said it had nothing to do with the argument at hand, but you asked. I answered. Scipio and I went to both the same high school and university, so that's what I was referring to. We've had discussions about certain topics that are popular amongst the UT academic curriculum.

To be honest, I'm not that impressed being from a top 20 school because there are plenty of dimwits that have attended them. Look no further than this thread.

By the way, you ad hominem attack on me wasn't unnoticed nor unexpected. Regardless of my educational background, I simply put forth an argument you couldn't intellectually handle and a bet your ego wouldn't let you take.

Oxymoron.

They were all in the liberal arts department with me.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I think this thread has gone on long enough.

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