Opinions

I have to start this one off by saying that I am grateful that people have opinions, and that they express them. Free speech should always be allowed. That being said. . . .

There are some people out there who use this right too often and push it to the extreme. I have this habit and strange obsession of reading what people have to say, especially when it comes to those people who comment on something a sports writer has written. Everybody has their team and they support their team, but they think that team is better than all the rest at everything! Not one person could tell them any different. A nice peaceful debate and argument becomes a fight with name calling, rude behavior, and a total loss of all commen sense. After a period of time, these become nothing but plain stupidity. It just drives me nuts.

I know, this blog could probably fall within this category, but I feel that I don't fall to that level. If I do, let me know.

Sociology

Today in Sociology we had a group assignment, and we were supposed to debate a controversial issue. The winning side, as decided by the teacher, would get the participation points. The losing side would have to do a different assignment to get the same points. Okay, this would be okay if we got to choose our position, but we got assigned to a side because of where we sat. I was assigned to what I considered the losing side (I am writing this post in class before the outcome). I don't see how a teacher can make us do something to get participation points when we participated, probably more so because we were on the losing side. We wanted it more, but because the other side had a better arguement, they will get the points. I just don't get it.

Response to opinion. . .

I was reading in the Deseret News this morning, and I came across something that irked me. In the opinion section, there was a guy that was dogging on soccer. He stated that with Real Salt Lake winning now, he almost felt like jumping on the bandwagon. His reason for not doing so, which I'm glad he is not a bandwagon fan, is that he hates soccer. He states that he hates soccer because a team can advance in the playoffs with a tie.

What kind of a stupid reason is that? At least the MLS has playoffs. I am refering to college football, mainly the BCS system, which is totally crazy. How can you crown a champion, a number one team, without giving all the top teams a chance to prove that they are worthy of that title? The rankings for the BCS are completely messed up, especially with human opinion a big part of the ranking system. Then you throw in the fact that some conferences get an automatic bid, no matter how bad they are, and you get the feel for why I am upset. Where does this guy get off criticizing the most widely played sport in the world when they actually have playoffs?

Anyway, I just thought I would stick up for my sport and my team.

New to blogging

So I am just new to this whole blogging thing, but I am giving it a try. Mostly this one is for me to rant about things that are on my mind. I don't get a lot of opportunity to do this, and I don't really care if anybody knows what I think, so this is the perfect place to do this. If you are reading this, welcome. If you come back, that is your choice.