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Joined: Mar 2003
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Hard-core CEG\'er
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Originally posted by 00ContourSE:
Originally posted by IL Sean:
No its just after 9/11 everyone was like NY is the heartland and that we should feel more for the people that died there then any other place. That's why I hate NY. Now as for the team, they are just elitist. Infact most of the media comes from Atlanta or New York. All the New York people only talk about New York like its better then any other place. That what I hate. The people are fine, just like any other place but there is so much attention payed to New York it makes me sick.
I know I'm not alone on this one...It seems to me that the only people who make such a big deal about New York and 9/11 are the people who are so far disconnected from it both physically and socially that they have'nt clue one about what it's all really about. The citizens of New York (not the government) only asked our fellow U.S. citizens to join in our mourning for those lost on 9/11. We never asked for extra special sympathy because we're New Yorkers, though some outsiders LOVE to project that image onto us. The citizens of New York made it out of 9/11 by sticking together, supporting eachother, and kneeling down to help our fellow man and being the better people about the whole situation instead of lashing out against anyone with olive skin and a bindi, and New York is a better place for it. I ask for no special treatment because I'm a New Yorker. I also offer no special treatment to anyone who comes to my home from another part of the country/world and demands such treatment. Maybe that's why New York makes you sick and why everyone thinks that New Yorkers are so rude. We treat people like people, not like tourists, or dignitaries, or movie stars. We don't expect you to treat us any different than you would treat your own when we come to visit your home, but trust me we are given special treatment--just not the kind we appreciate. Call me a "typical rude New Yorker" if you will, but if you don't like the atmosphere and interpersonal relations that New York has to offer, than stay the hell out.
Well since I live in Chicago I get a different view of New York. I've been to NY many times, and I love going there. I never had any problem with the people, they are busy people, they're not jerks. It's just all the media attention. Going back to baseball, I was frustrated when I was trying to see some clips of a cubs playoff game I missed that I saw three minutes of the NY/Boston game and just a printed display, cubs win. Most of the time its here's what happened in "other baseball" and now here's the Yankees, woohoo. No one ever cares about the White Sox, they get no coverage even when they are hot, it's all New York. And I know someone will disagree with me, it's just the way I see things.
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