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Originally Posted by vanisleflamesfan
It actually does matter. It actually does matter if he has lived through the years of disappointment. If you want to lecture fans on staying true to the team, it actually does matter what your frame of reference is. Someone who started cheering in 2014 can't readily lecture a fan who has been there for 3 decades of heartbreak before that. It actually does matter. I'm sorry that being young doesn't qualify you for everything in the world but being young doesn't qualify you for lecturing to Calgary Flames fans about disappointment.
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It was a well-intended plea not a lecture (by a person who specifically noted they had not been personally around to experience much of what longer-term fans have). It actually does matter...
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Win or lose, swept or Finals, please stand by our boys.
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With the 100 year anniversary of Vimy Ridge having just passed, it was remarkable to me to note how almost all of the family members said how their grandparents / parents / uncles etc. who returned from WWI virtually never spoke about it. They just carried the burden entirely inside.
You are a grizzled veteran Flames fan carrying '3 decades of heartbreak' who at any time could have just chosen not to experience it.
Good grief...the gall of a young person to ask for people to be positive and not let an entertainment choice destroy your happiness in life.