dolphan4545 Wrote:
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> Gentlemen. I think it's clear that none of you can
> support an untenable position.
RESPPONSE: I think this more applies to your position.
I've seen a lot of
> posturing, legerdemain with silly and irrelevant
> comparisons, and I can see that this position,
> while untenable, is wildly popular.
RESPONSE: WHOA! You made the statement that Deion did not deserve to be in the Hall of Fame basically because he did not do ALL OF THE aspects of his job in a great manner.
He doesn't play on offense so I didn't compare him to Jim Brown.
However, a baseball player DOES play both offense and defense unless he is entirely a pinch hitter.
By your OWN complaint, Babe Ruth should not have made the baseball Hall of Fame because not only was he not great as a defensive player but he was not THAT great as a high batting average contact hitter.
If these comparison seem silly to you, what's happening is that they are revealing the silliness of your statement by showing you how silly the basis of your position is.
>What this
> tells me is that Deion Sanders is one of the
> greatest con men of all time, he's sold enough
> people a bill of goods to get himself inducted
> into the Pro Football HOF.
I think this entitles
> him to induction into the Flimflam Man's hall of
> fame(or shame).
RESPONSE:
I think this statement alone shows that the below statement by you is a perfect example of how you have managed to delude yourself and how you really simply don't like him and you are letting your personal distaste (which no one can blame you for having) completely brainwash your objectivity.
> I don't hate Deion, I'm just in contempt of him,
> both as a player and a public figure. I don't know
> the man.
> From what I've seen from your arguments, I'll
> never have to change that opinion.
> It doesn't matter anyway, the HOF voters can vote
> anyone they want into the Hall, and this guy's in.