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i'm having a tough time with this too.

people don't know about the terms of service before they sign up? it would probably just be better if you admitted your comment was a bit off, and just move on.

i'm really not. you just don't have any leg to stand on here. they are choosing to sign up. people do it for many reasons already listed. they're not doing it for free, correct? the military provides it's personnel with something, (whether it be education or cash) and in return, you follow orders. this isn't hard. don't try to make it complicated.

but who has the gun to their head, telling them to sign up? it's a choice. not a single human who signs up for the military thinks they're going to go in and do what they want.

but ultimately it's still a choice. if someone wants education and advancement, along with pay through the military, they shouldn't be shocked that they may have to follow through with some orders. the military is a choice. there are other ways to advance, but the military is a great way of doing it.

people go into the military only because they want to be told what to do? something about this doesn't seem right.

aren't you making the choice when you sign on the dotted line? i've never served, but i assumed if someone did, they were very aware of what may happen when they enlist.

we have people on this board who do the very same thing.

i went to st. rita's! when i was a kid that carnival was the best. i went a few years ago and it was a complete reduction of what it once was. also, the jazz festival. that ***** is a blast.

locally i'll miss/missed the fairport canal days and the mendon carnival. I also will miss people watching at the webster firemans carnival. we also love to go to the canadian/american festival in the thousand islands, and that's out the window.

That’s terrible frost. Sorry to hear that.

there's enough talent and coaching on this team to not lose a quarter of the season. i suppose there are injury scenarios that could lead to a slide like that, but otherwise i just can't imagine it happening against those teams.

Just because you AND cbs guessed it, it’s still pretty unlikely. With this staff, I’d say it’s wildly unlikely.

we were going to go to lake george in june, but canceled those. we spend a lot of time up in the thousand islands at sackets harbor. i was there last week, and as beautiful as the weather was, none of the restaurants or bars were open obviously. the problem is a lot will be closed for the entire season. another popular place burned down and there doesn't seem to be any thoughts on rebuilding. even the most popular place is up for sale. there's a large outdoor seating area that looks completely overgrown. i feel between the flooding the lasts couple of years and now covid...the place has really died out.

and this thread just took another interesting turn.

he's earned those gray hairs!

i've learned not to comment on these things.

i agree. it's very much a trend that gets established that's hard to break. using draft picks as bait strikes me as the completely wrong way to accomplish that, as it does others. when it comes to guys like rex ryan, i think some owners see them as "safe bets". they've been coaches before, they've had some success before, they'll make it work again. it's more lazy hiring than racially motivated. it's so weird how that loop of coaches tends to stay intact. there's been move of a movement over the last few years as younger innovators have been hired, but there's no doubt minority coaches have taken the brunt of a large part of this. lol! i got ya. again, i grew up in an old school italian family, and although i was really kept away from that stuff, you knew there were some hardcore dislikes when it came to certain cultures. now...that being said, i still don't think certain people's life experience should give them the right to just assume every white guy that falls in a demographic is a closet racist. i'm a 42 yr old white professional. i am not a racist. i don't say that as a badge of honor...i'm just not. personality is way more off a turnoff to me that someone's race or background. i truly believe that the majority of this board functions in that way too. not everyone, but most people on here strike me as good from out interactions. going to the ppp may change my mind drastically, but it's just easier to ignore that place.

absolutely. socioeconomics facts are such a large part of it. wealth usually means better home life, better education, better medical care, etc.

i'm not all over the place at all. you just don't or can't answer my questions. you again are just assuming you know what the board thinks and believes. if that's you opinion, ok...but why do you feel it's ok to call someone a racist? you've done it countless times. instead of actually explaining yourself, you run away and hide. don't want to hear the term woke? stop acting the way you do. you are the exact person that personifies woke. ultimately you're just another run of the mill white guy who wants everyone to know how down he is. if you need that to be your thing...go nuts. no one gets more sensitive about race on this board than you.

so what? i agree with you that the majority of board is white, in that age group. what i don't agree with is that since that's the demographic, it's automatically like the "fox new" crowd. how do you know a good portion of those older, white posters lean towards the liberal? i don't. you don't, so why act so super woke about it. why strongly imply someone is racist if they don't like cam newton? hell, you even implied i was a racist once because i can't stand the rochester mayor, who happens to be black. you knew nothing of my reasoning or politics behind it. you just boiled it down to...he doesn't like her....she's black...he's obviously racist. you've done this to many posters here. i've never known a guy to play the race card so much. on minority leadership positions being a problem? it's an issue, but i don't know if i'd say a problem. it's a problem if minorities are being denied jobs because they're minorities, but like you mentioned, i think it's more of old networking. once you're in the coaching loop, you tend to float around in it. sometimes even when you're not proven worthy. as others have mentioned, winning is what matters in the nfl. if you were a coach, wouldn't you hire whoever you feels gives you the best chance at winning? i think most owners would. this i think is the bigger problem as well. you certainly see it in business. guys who were unsuccessful CEOs at one company seem to fall into other CEO positions time an time again. i'm not so sure that's based strictly on race.

i never go into the PPP area, so i'll trust you in that regard. there's no problem pointing out that it exist. it does. when it becomes a problem is when certain people on this board make broad assumptions of someone because of their likes or dislikes about a certain player...especially a black player. not everyone will dislike a black player because they are black.

I’m not sure who you guys are associating with, but maybe it’s time for a change. Does this level of racism exist? Of course, but if I thought 50% of the people I associate with lean towards being racist, I’d find another way to live. even if that was your feeling, do you think it’s ok to imply that everyone else is a racist? I mean...shouldn’t posters be able to say that they don’t like cam newton and not be called a racist? That’s reasonable...right? ive lived in wny the majority of my life, and although we all experienced racism, it never been to the level that some of you are making it out to be. I even come from an old school Italian family, and I can honesty say that race was never brought up.