re: Mizzou in danger of losing AAU status?

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Using your same line of reasoning, it couldn't hurt the football team. The coach suspending players for protesting wouldn't force anyone to come or not come. All those football players would make their own decisions. The punishment for "striking" (LOL) therefore couldn't have any causative impact at all.

And that's why your argument blows. Because it's patently false and it's not even consistent with the rest of your statements in this thread.

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Your comparison is way off. I have argued in this thread that the reaction to the act is what causes damage, not the act. So if players do not come, that reaction would damage the team. I would also argue that Odom did not make those people not join the team, and if they did not, it was their decision. People can rationalize it however they want, but it is their decision. Your what if scenario is the exact same situation to what we discussed prior, just the cause of damage is from a different source. I don't believe I ever said there was no causative effect, in fact I even said some applications would be down because of the protest.

Also are you comparing people reacting to punishment for exercising their rights is the same as people reacting to others exercising their rights? That is dumb.

I have tried to make several points in this thread and one is accountability to your own decisions rather than blaming others for "making" you do that. Your first couple of responses lacked any intelligent thought and your last one showed a lack of comprehension to what was being discussed. That's why your argument blows.