Blue Bombers -- 2025/26 Offseason -- Discussion Thread

[voodoochylde]

2 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Empathy is a good thing but if you're a Rider then no one will ever empathize. We only empathize if the accused player wears blue & gold.

It doesn't matter. They broke the law. Mitchell won't see the light of day for a long, long time. If he wants help then he'll get it behind prison walls. 

So punishment versus justice .. got it.

[SpeedFlex27]

8 minutes ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

Wellyeah. It's like family- if they are part of your family you are more forgiving and have more empathy and patience... double standard sure, but totally natural.

Also, using riders is an extreme example- default mode for those chucklefucks is deep deep disdain.

 

 

 

 

This place is full of double standards. 

2 minutes ago, voodoochylde said:

So punishment versus justice .. got it.

Hate to break it to you but punishment is justice. 

5 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Weren’t the rider issues like they shot people or cocaine or you know. Actual bad things. I mean I suppose ramming a cop car with your vehicle is pretty bad also tho. 

Let;s see, now. That's Attempted Murder.

Edited 9 hours ago by SpeedFlex27

[Mark H.]

32 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Empathy is a good thing but if you're a Rider or Argo then very few here will ever empathize. We only empathize if the accused player wears blue & gold.

Very few? C'mon now, let's live in the real world. If anyone's sports allegiance extends that far, they need to think about that. 

[Tracker]

7 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I could see a 17 year old teen age kid make a bad choice like this. But a grown man? Mitchell made that choice knowing full well what would happen. Now he'll face the consequences. 

There already is a Continental Football League. It was around in the 60's. Don Jonas was the league MVP with Orlando in 1968. And he ewas a two time Champ. League folded. Now, it's been revived as a developmental league with new teams. Mike Kelly is the Commissioner starting play in 2026 so name is taken. 

If memory serves, the copyright has to renewed every 20 years or so or it becomes public domain again. 

[Goalie]

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Empathy is a good thing but if you're a Rider or Argo then very few here will ever empathize. We only empathize if the accused player wears blue & gold.

It doesn't matter. They broke the law. Mitchell won't see the light of day for a long, long time. If he wants help then he'll get it behind prison walls. 

Is he even in jail tho. 

[17to85]

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Hate to break it to you but punishment is justice. 

Found the boomer!

[Bigblue204]

8 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

There already is a Continental Football League. It was around in the 60's. Don Jonas was the league MVP with Orlando in 1968. And he ewas a two time Champ. League folded. Now, it's been revived as a developmental league with new teams. Mike Kelly is the Commissioner starting play in 2026 so name is taken. 

Fun fact: in the 4th Q at some point they switch from NFL rules to CFL rules.

[HardCoreBlue]

2 hours ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

Wellyeah. It's like family- if they are part of your family you are more forgiving and have more empathy and patience... double standard sure, but totally natural.

Also, using riders is an extreme example- default mode for those chucklefucks is deep deep disdain.

 

 

 

 

Next time I slip up, I'm going to use that word, i.e., 'Damn, I'm such a chucklefuck, sorry about that.' I like it, fits me like a glove. 🙂

[Brandon]

3 hours ago, Goalie said:

Nobody I don’t think Is excusing what Mitchell did, just pointing out it’s 1 incident vs a guy like Kelly who had multiple. 

Soooo if someone has only murdered one person and another person has been arrested twice for shoplifting...  does that mean the shoplifter is a  more damaged individual?   

Also for guys like Mitchell.... one incident that we are aware of and who knows how many times he's done stupid **** without being caught.      Usually trouble follows people who cause it.   This isn't a red light camera or an oopsie of not stopping at a stop sign and getting caught.     The guy is a bum / was a bum and sucked as a player so  moving forward the club shouldn't be employing questionable character guys unless they are at such a level that you can tolerate the prima donna behaviour because they can be elite on the field (see: Kenny Lawler).      

[SpeedFlex27]

1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

Fun fact: in the 4th Q at some point they switch from NFL rules to CFL rules.

Really? That IS interesting. Why not just take the best from both & go hybrid?

2 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Found the boomer!

I've been a Boomer since Lincoln. 

[Bigblue204]

Just now, SpeedFlex27 said:

Really? That IS interesting. Why not just take the best from both & go hybrid?

Yeah they talked about it on the bomber pre-game. Sounds like a wild idea. But it really does make me want to watch it lol. Just to see the chaos

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, Goalie said:

Is he even in jail tho. 

It's Florida. the question you shoud be asking is will he ever get out? Doing what Mitchell did in Florida is like smuggling drugs into Turkey. 

1 minute ago, Bigblue204 said:

Yeah they talked about it on the bomber pre-game. Sounds like a wild idea. But it really does make me want to watch it lol. Just to see the chaos

if they switch to CFL rukes then they'll have our 3 minute clock. 

15 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Soooo if someone has only murdered one person and another person has been arrested twice for shoplifting...  does that mean the shoplifter is a  more damaged individual?   

Also for guys like Mitchell.... one incident that we are aware of and who knows how many times he's done stupid **** without being caught.      Usually trouble follows people who cause it.   This isn't a red light camera or an oopsie of not stopping at a stop sign and getting caught.     The guy is a bum / was a bum and sucked as a player so  moving forward the club shouldn't be employing questionable character guys unless they are at such a level that you can tolerate the prima donna behaviour because they can be elite on the field (see: Kenny Lawler).      

Three strikes in the US law. I don't believe that  law has been repealed so in the eyes of the law on the third strike you get life so in effect a chronic shoplifter is in the same league per se as a murderer. 

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Very few? C'mon now, let's live in the real world. If anyone's sports allegiance extends that far, they need to think about that. 

You're a mod here & I'm not. Yet even I know the hatred by some for anything not Blue Bombers (won't say names) runs real deep. The Lawler example of his DUI & the willingness to forgive pops right up. If it was a Rider, Argo or Alouette, the reaction would have been different.

[Mark H.]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

You're a mod here & I'm not. Yet even I know the hatred by some for anything not Blue Bombers (won't say names) runs real deep. The Lawler example of his DUI & the willingness to forgive pops right up. If it was a Rider, Argo or Alouette, the reaction would have been different.

I was responding to "very few here will ever empathize." 

[SpeedFlex27]

47 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

I was responding to "very few here will ever empathize." 

That's for sure. 

[Tracker]

7 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

This place is full of double standards. 

Hate to break it to you but punishment is justice. 

That would depend on your definition of justice. I have had some experience with the American penal/justice system and can tell you that there is very little attempt at rehabilitation- only incarceration in an often brutal system. Their recidivism rate is the highest of any western industiralized country despite having the longest incarceration rates. Most American jails are privately owned and run and rehab programs are detriments to the bottom line- profits. The longer someone is in jail, the greater the likelihood they will re-offend.

[SpeedFlex27]

36 minutes ago, Tracker said:

That would depend on your definition of justice. I have had some experience with the American penal/justice system and can tell you that there is very little attempt at rehabilitation- only incarceration in an often brutal system. Their recidivism rate is the highest of any western industiralized country despite having the longest incarceration rates. Most American jails are privately owned and run and rehab programs are detriments to the bottom line- profits. The longer someone is in jail, the greater the likelihood they will re-offend.

Maybe, maybe not. There are cases of inmates in the US having success when they got out. Most reoffend, though. Most are career criminals who can't hold down regular jobs or integrate with others. They just know one kind of life. It's the same here. Jails are govr t responsibilities & i believe that the numbetrs of inmates who reoffend after time spent in Headingley or Stoney Mtn is probably similar. 

My wife's cousin was a former guard at Stoney Mountain. He said they've had their share of Americansup here & imprisned for doing bad things. American gang bangers, drug dealers, murderers, etc, Most of these tough SOB's don't want anything to do with any First Nations inmates. They were afraid of them.

[Tracker]

16 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Maybe, maybe not. There are cases of inmates in the US having success when they got out. Most reoffend, though. Most are career criminals who can't hold down regular jobs or integrate with others. They just know one kind of life. It's the same here. Jails are govr t responsibilities & i believe that the numbetrs of inmates who reoffend after time spent in Headingley or Stoney Mtn is probably similar. 

My wife's cousin was a former guard at Stoney Mountain. He said they've had their share of Americansup here & imprisned for doing bad things. American gang bangers, drug dealers, murderers, etc, Most of these tough SOB's don't want anything to do with any First Nations inmates. They were afraid of them.

The success rates in the US penal system are very low. The longer people are incarcerated, the more their sense of social connection, like skills and integration detreiorate and more "normal" becomes warped. In Sweden, Norway and Holland, they are closing jails as a result of emphasizing rehabilitiation rather than punishment. It takes a shift in the justice system but it pays off in financial as well as societal ways.

[SectionKBlackout]

Wow this thread got derailed in a bad way. 

[SpeedFlex27]

1 minute ago, SectionKBlackout said:

Wow this thread got derailed in a bad way. 

Not really. Discussing what happened with Dillon Mitchell. People have opinions & we share them even if we agree to disagree. It's relevant although it isn't football.