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Post by Ryan on May 13, 2009 16:47:44 GMT -6
I have no idea why fans take things like this personally. Wrestling is a sacrifice for the fan's sake. ..at least try not to be a douche and just be happy Rebbecca wasn't hurt worse. At the risk of further derailing this thread off topic... There's definitely some truth in what you say, but it also cuts both ways. Just as there's a tendency for fans to "take things like this personally", there's also a tendency among fans of specific wrestlers to excuse and/or make allowances for almost any sort of behavior on their part. For anyone taking part in this discussion, I'd like to point out one detail: what is the first word in the term "professional wrestling"? That first term carries with it the expectation that those taking part will conduct themselves in a professional manner, and that means that if you're having second thoughts about returning to the ring, you don't wait until after your employer has sunk several hundred dollars into bringing you over to the United States to work to act on those second thoughts--particularly not when your potential employer runs a niche company, where as the recent discussions about the possibility of this past taping being the ONLY taping of 2009 have shown, there's very little cushion to absorb investments that have no return on them. Let's take it out of wrestling terms. Just about any other job out there, you know what happens if you don't show up when you're scheduled and don't give your boss a reason in advance why you can't make it? You don't have a job any more. And in most cases, that boss isn't particularly likely to hire you back, either. Now, does any of this make Rebecca Knox an EEEEEVIL woman? Of course not. I don't begrudge anyone for having second thoughts about whether or not the wrestling business is for them, particularly in the light of a serious injury. But that also doesn't mean that, if someone carries themselves in a manner such as she did leading up to the taping where she no-showed, that no one has a right to still be upset about it, either. Like in most things, there's a middle ground between those two extremes. Yup, this guy pretty much nailed it on the head.
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Post by Demonic Eeyore on May 13, 2009 19:19:50 GMT -6
Darn that Tiana Ringer for deciding school was more important than Shimmer! Who does she think she is?
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Post by LardWarriorELPS on May 13, 2009 19:25:06 GMT -6
Darn that Tiana Ringer for deciding school was more important than Shimmer! Who does she think she is? You're completely missing the point. The point of us having forgiven, but not forgotten about Rebecca has nothing to do with Rebecca deciding wrestling isn't for her. It's the mix of Prazak booking her and sinking money into her, just for her to blow it off, and then making us wait several months before even hearing a peep from her. This all being after she was more than medically cleared. Tiana made it clear almost immediately she wanted to do school, so no one's gonna have ill will towards her. We all miss her, but she completely handled herself professionally.
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Post by Demonic Eeyore on May 13, 2009 19:45:28 GMT -6
It's called irony and sarcasm but ah well...
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Post by LardWarriorELPS on May 13, 2009 19:51:19 GMT -6
It's called irony and sarcasm but ah well... No, I get that you were being sarcastic. But you were using sarcasm to verbally roll your eyes at our points.
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Post by Digestive Ceremony on May 13, 2009 19:56:12 GMT -6
Get the f*ck over it already. I can't put it any other way.
I've ripped Rebecca a new asshole on this. She didn't handle it well. She acted like a child who thought if she hid from her problems, they would go away. But, holy hell, there comes a time where you have to get over it. Hopefully, she has learned from the past and she and Dave are on decent terms. You can only crucify a person so many times, though. Let it go.
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Post by Jason on May 13, 2009 20:30:54 GMT -6
OK maybe you'll have more luck than me. I've made TWO ATTEMPTS on this.
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Post by LardWarriorELPS on May 13, 2009 21:16:40 GMT -6
Get the f*ck over it already. I can't put it any other way. I've ripped Rebecca a new asshole on this. She didn't handle it well. She acted like a child who thought if she hid from her problems, they would go away. But, holy hell, there comes a time where you have to get over it. Hopefully, she has learned from the past and she and Dave are on decent terms. You can only crucify a person so many times, though. Let it go. I'm over it, I was just defending my statements, and the initial statement by sowboy.
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Post by SHIMMER office on May 14, 2009 1:08:12 GMT -6
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Post by LardWarriorELPS on May 14, 2009 4:05:28 GMT -6
Love it
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Post by SHIMMER office on May 14, 2009 4:19:38 GMT -6
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Post by LardWarriorELPS on May 14, 2009 4:30:46 GMT -6
A diving rana on Ariel? How small is this girl?
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Post by Demonic Eeyore on May 14, 2009 9:02:07 GMT -6
Any pictures taken capturing Darth Rey & Kong giving the Vader signs?
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Post by Ryan on May 14, 2009 10:59:50 GMT -6
A diving rana on Ariel? How small is this girl? I think they announced her at 120, and my immediate reaction was "that's got to be padded by thirty pounds."
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Post by Demonic Eeyore on May 14, 2009 11:14:25 GMT -6
Yeah, Skater weighing more than Amber O'Neal is kinda hard to believe.
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