As a certified Message Board Expert, here are my thoughts. I don’t see anything wrong with rivals conversing on a message board. Call me crazy, but I think it’s possible for guys to root for opposing teams and still have civil and entertaining discussions. In fact, I think it actually benefits a board to have opposing viewpoints because it helps to keep the lunatics in check, and let’s be honest, sometimes it’s fun to argue with/laugh at opposing fans. Hell I would enjoy having some more reasonable (keyword) MSU posters on Nafoom (pls come back to us Lyle). I enjoy the interaction, which is why I also post here. At the end of the day it’s all for entertainment. Some people take this stuff way too seriously.
With that said, I recognize this is an MSU board, that I’m a visitor here, so I don’t come here trying to antagonize or troll. I don’t come in with TO THE RESCUE posts trying to interject the Bear point of view at every opportunity. On the exceedingly rare occasions that OM has done something wrong, I will even occasionally acknowledge it.
I think the mistake some OM posters make is trying to combat everything said about OM. I probably disagree with 90% of the stuff said here about OM, but that’s to be expected; it’s an MSU board. It's better to pick and choose times when a topic is worthy of legitimate discussion or a poster has said something so idiotic that ridicule is in order. (There used to be more opportunities for this before a certain band of idiots departed.)
- A. Guthrie, MBE