Yep, and that industry is selling to some peoples' need to construct an alternate reality to a situation to prevent facing the "real" reality.
- mohel

Yep, bad shyte happens and there are bad people in this world.....some people can't handle that.

Another thing the tin foil hat crowd fails to realize is the Conspiracy Theory industry in itself is a billion dollar industry....books, internet sites, movies...people spend money on that stuff and it's crazy. I remember I was infuriated when the conspiracy nut jobs got their hands in the Newton shooting and Boston Marathon bombing saying the parents of the kids were actors or the victims of the bombing were actors with prosthetics....made me embarrassed to be a human being.
- UnnamedSource

One thing that confounds conspiracy theorists is that if you are one and assume everything is preplanned, then spontaneous behavior can not exist. Mutually exclusive events....

Just ask one to cite and example of free will and spontaneous behavior. They are unable to.

One thing that confounds conspiracy theorists is that if you are one and assume everything is preplanned, then spontaneous behavior can not exist. Mutually exclusive events....

Just ask one to cite and example of free will and spontaneous behavior. They are unable to.
- TrueGrit

A moment of wisdom! I didn't know you had it in you!

Anyone read Paul Stewart's new blog? I asked him a question and here is his response.

I don't believe him for a second.

Paul, am I reading more into this comment you made "Referees have to try to make things as fair as possible."?
- powerenforcer


Yes.

Are you saying the Refs had to "fix" things so games came out closer than they were?
- powerenforcer


No.
- powerenforcer

How does your second question relate to your first?

Making things fair IS NOT the same thing as evening things up.

Let it go already.

As per the Blackhawks on Twitter Khabibulin will be out 4-5 months after shoulder surgery.
- DarthKane

ka·put

adjectiveinformal

1.

broken and useless; no longer working or effective.


Buh-bye KAPUT'bulin

Yep, bad shyte happens and there are bad people in this world.....some people can't handle that.
- UnnamedSource

To bring it back to hockey... some might believe that a certain team is clearly the best in the league. They may also NEED to think this is so, to the point that the only explanation for a loss is that the fix was in. Better to construct a "this league is crooked" alternate reality than face the possibility that said certain team cannot win every game. To have a need to make such a complex alternate reality speaks to the level of NEED to keep the original belief as true.

Another thing the tin foil hat crowd fails to realize is the Conspiracy Theory industry in itself is a billion dollar industry....books, internet sites, movies...people spend money on that stuff and it's crazy. I remember I was infuriated when the conspiracy nut jobs got their hands in the Newton shooting and Boston Marathon bombing saying the parents of the kids were actors or the victims of the bombing were actors with prosthetics....made me embarrassed to be a human being.
- UnnamedSource

So you're saying that the conspiracy theorists are conspiring to sell the Ameican people on the reality of conspiracies?



Makes sense to me

So you're saying that the conspiracy theorists are conspiring to sell the Ameican people on the reality of conspiracies?



Makes sense to me
- Ogilthorpe2

That is correct, sir. One Lukes Italian Beef sammich for you!

To bring it back to hockey... some might believe that a certain team is clearly the best in the league. They may also NEED to think this is so, to the point that the only explanation for a loss is that the fix was in. Better to construct a "this league is crooked" alternate reality than face the possibility that said certain team cannot win every game. To have a need to make such a complex alternate reality speaks to the level of NEED to keep the original belief as true.
- mohel

Correct...if the NHL was fixed the Kings vs The Devils in the Stanley Cup would've never happened.....and now that the Hawks are in the West and proven to be a ratings juggernaut (I've always wanted to use that word) they would win the WC every year......

That is correct, sir. One Lukes Italian Beef sammich for you!
- mohel

Had Lukes with son last week after his hockey game.....I remember when it was just Luke's and it was across the street. Still have the best sausage....

So you're saying that the conspiracy theorists are conspiring to sell the Ameican people on the reality of conspiracies?



Makes sense to me


- Ogilthorpe2

HA

A moment of wisdom! I didn't know you had it in you!
- faustus1500

That is correct, sir. One Lukes Italian Beef sammich for you!
- mohel

I just had the Buffalo equivalent for lunch...Beef on Weck, tasty for sure, but not quite as good.

Yep, and that industry is selling to some peoples' need to construct an alternate reality to a situation to prevent facing the "real" reality.
- mohel

I rely on Occam's Razor and roll my eyes at virtually all conspiracy theories.

- Ogilthorpe2

Are we the kinder and gentler Blackhawks blog now? What is the point of being a Chicago sports fan if you can't be surly and bitter?

- Ogilthorpe2

That's a keeper!

Yep, bad shyte happens and there are bad people in this world.....some people can't handle that.
- UnnamedSource

What they can't handle is the randomness of the event: a cypher like Oswald kills JFK, a minor low-life like a Ruby kills Oswald, a schizophrenic like Chapman kills Lennon to impress Jody Foster, a non-entity like Ray assassinates Dr. King, a great team like the Blackhawks actually loses a game or two....

There has to be more to it than that - a grand conspiracy to justify it.

Not that I'm equated the loss of a hockey game to the loss of JFK or Dr. King, although it seems like it here sometime.

Are we the kinder and gentler Blackhawks blog now? What is the point of being a Chicago sports fan if you can't be surly and bitter?
- faustus1500

I agree!

....and I saw you used my "no" in the Yotes blog? I usually bill out for royalties every Friday just so you know...

Correct...if the NHL was fixed the Kings vs The Devils in the Stanley Cup would've never happened.....and now that the Hawks are in the West and proven to be a ratings juggernaut (I've always wanted to use that word) they would win the WC every year......
- UnnamedSource

What's funny is that it would depend on what the person's alternate reality is based on. If it is money-centered, maybe an LA v. NY finals is preferred for ratings? But also an Original Six dynasty would be good for ratings, too.... Both of these would point to the conspiracy favoring the Hawks, though, so we need a new one. How about the one where Bettman has his favorites who really pull the strings? In that one, the Hawks are hated by the hockey establishment. Ding ding ding....

juggernaut is a great word, btw!

Are we the kinder and gentler Blackhawks blog now? What is the point of being a Chicago sports fan if you can't be surly and bitter?
- faustus1500

The phucking Hawks are making it tough to be surly, negative and bitter!! I mean they are winning all the time, are young and still getting better, and they seem to be made up of decent guys playing for a very classy organization. Bastages...

What they can't handle is the randomness of the event: a cypher like Oswald kills JFK, a minor low-life like a Ruby kills Oswald, a schizophrenic like Chapman kills Lennon to impress Jody Foster, a non-entity like Ray assassinates Dr. King, a great team like the Blackhawks actually loses a game or two....

There has to be more to it than that - a grand conspiracy to justify it.

Not that I'm equated the loss of a hockey game to the loss of JFK or Dr. King, although it seems like it here sometime.
- StLBravesFan

Very true StLou......it is troubling that more and more people believe in these "myths".....

What's funny is that it would depend on what the person's alternate reality is based on. If it is money-centered, maybe an LA v. NY finals is preferred for ratings? But also an Original Six dynasty would be good for ratings, too.... Both of these would point to the conspiracy favoring the Hawks, though, so we need a new one. How about the one where Bettman has his favorites who really pull the strings? In that one, the Hawks are hated by the hockey establishment. Ding ding ding....

juggernaut is a great word, btw!
- mohel

I'm going to use it on a daily basis....

good points as well

The phucking Hawks are making it tough to be surly, negative and bitter!! I mean they are winning all the time, are young and still getting better, and they seem to be made up of decent guys playing for a very classy organization. Bastages...
- mohel

Who needs these fargin bastages.....

What they can't handle is the randomness of the event: a cypher like Oswald kills JFK, a minor low-life like a Ruby kills Oswald, a schizophrenic like Chapman kills Lennon to impress Jody Foster, a non-entity like Ray assassinates Dr. King, a great team like the Blackhawks actually loses a game or two....

There has to be more to it than that - a grand conspiracy to justify it.

Not that I'm equated the loss of a hockey game to the loss of JFK or Dr. King, although it seems like it here sometime.
- StLBravesFan

That's exactly correct.

Who needs these fargin bastages.....
- UnnamedSource

They are corksucking iceholes who have violated my pharging civil rights....