Strange Goings-On here at DN

and some kind of assurance that it won’t continue to happen unless there is good reason, and that reason is a violation of some posted, clear statement of rules of conduct.

I kinda think that was the important part he wanted answered. I know it is what is important to me. Otherwise why waste my time posting at all if its just gonna disappear?

And I very sorry about your father. I lost both of my parents to cancer within 19 months of each other. They were young, 65 and 61 My parents were both die hard fans like me, my mom and dad got to see the NFCCG against the bears in 06. She died in 07. My dad died a year before the Superbowl. So I know exactly what you’re going through.

  And I agree wholeheartedly about frustration. You guys outgained us in stats in that game. Our offense was shut down that game the most I’ve seen in 4 years under Payton and Brees. And thinking back, we didn’t deserve to win that game. With 5 turnovers we should have scored alot more points, but we didn’t. There were bad calls, absolutely! There we’re late hits yes.

  And I’ll be honest with you, that game was a nightmare,it was way too close and way too stressful. I should have died of a heart attack. Some games stats just don’t win. Look at 2008 when Brees passed for over 5,000 yds, no.1 offense no.1 in scoring 3 outta 4 years. We were 8-8 that year, last in our division. “Horrible Defense”.

   There were times I was hateful, ugly and a troll and said very ugly things. I was one of the ingracious winners. And I chose a different way of thinking over a month ago.

  That changed when my good viking fan friend Cali Viking got into one the ugliest arguments one night nearly a full page long. We were both wrong, But, I initiated it by reacting ugly to someone’s post and should have just let it go.

 And me and Cali both apologized to each other and to the DN for the blowup. And something in me that night changed. I chose to get out of the drivers seat and not react hateful to others. I decided it was time for me to become a “Classy Saints Fan”. And I enjoy this route alot better.

   And I thank my good friend Cali for bringing me back to earth that night helping me see the light differently.

    I will say this: if the Vikings had made it to the Superbowl, there is no doubt in my mind they would have beaten the Colts worse.

   I wish you guys the best this season, may the best team win Sept.9th whether it’s the Saints or the Vikings.

You can’t let A$$holes at CSC effect you as a person. Trolls are trolls, people should be above that. And to answer your question. I bring up stuff constantly to Dave about what should stay and what should go based on trolling and crap topics that are meant to get a rise. Dave generally listens when unbiased ears.

I was just trying to make jethrophet laugh.

I missed alot of it and would like to read more too.

You know, with everyone wanting me to be more “rational” and “understanding” and things of that nature.

As awesome as it would be for my job title to be “the guy that runs the best Minnesota Vikings site on the internet,” I have one of those crazy day jobs to go to. I arrived at my day job at 4 AM local time this morning (6 in the midwest). I have just now finished my shift, and am now waiting for an interview that I need to conduct that is related to my job.

Earlier, when I had a couple of minutes of spare time, I posted a couple of comments in here. Then, I resumed working. Like I said, I’ve been off shift for about five minutes, and have a couple more minutes to kill before my interview here.

Just from scanning the thread here, you’ve demanded an answer to this question six times in the last three hours.

To borrow a line from Seth Meyers. . .really? Really?

I am a realist. I have concluded it won’t be answered. I don’t think Gonzo has never ever directly responded to any post I’ve ever made here, before the second post in this thread (and that one was pretty brief). Well, any post after I “came out” in November and revealed I’m a crossover fan from the Packers. I don’t think I’m his kind of Viking fan. But maybe I’m wrong, and anyway I’m at peace with that even if it is true. If he doesn’t actually feel that way, others have been clearer that they do, and … that’s OK. No one is liked and appreciated by everyone :)

And I am a pragmatist. I believe merely asking the question & having others chime in has probably already achieved most of what I wanted, getting this power to be more sparingly used in the future. Getting a formal answer may not achieve much more, and the work to formulate one may just make everyone more irritable.

Like a benign tumor. Its harmless but you always know it is there.

This looks more like a pissed off Dictator. Which is fine. If that is what the site wants to be known for.
 I’m just starting to feel a little miffed when Chris Gates creates the problem and then won’t answer a direct question, asked three times, about something that is important, to some of the members.

I see this site as a community. One that invites in its neighbors and fellow competitors. To invite in guests and then get drunk at your own party is not usually a good time for anyone. To throw your guest out after you get drunk does not cause good relations.

We can all live without seeing those friends again. However it would be nice to be able to invite them back.
 But it is a reflection on the community when an event occurs. Those type of issues are worth discussing and not hiding under the rug.

I really would like Chris to directly answer, in detail, the question that was raised by Puddnhead.

NO I DIDN’T!!!!
And I probably shouldn’t.

Speedlod you are correct, I think, in that you believe all of the voices should be heard.
But I respect the fact that I don’t own this site or have a right to this site, or have any control over it. Whether its censorship or not is not the issue.

  Whether we as individuals want to contribute information to the site, read the contents of the site, or use the site in any manner is all we control. The entire reason Puddnhead posted this article was to find out if ,indeed, there are any rules that apply to management. Once the rules are known each individual can make his or her individual choice.It really is that simple.

Management has told us that they are busy and have asked that we give them time to respond. I certainly think that Gonzo deserves that. He has earned that concession. Although a quick response would be nice, he should take the time needed to give us a thorough response if we are to grow together as a significant blog.

But the issue of censorship is really not in play here.

Hell I’m on team Alice and Rosalie… You can throw in Esme for fun. What can I say I like powder puff football! :D Let’s see I have a tightend and a wide receiver. I think my team wins!