Originally Posted by
Alekhine
It would depend on the poster, I should think. In any case, that little quoted part you're picking up on was the tongue-in-cheek bit. The point stands. One doesn't need to race to understand racing.
When doing tongue in cheek, if it's to be taken that way, usually a
get's that point across.
One does not need understand racing. When one does not, usually one asks a question versus making a statement, then trying to defend it when shown that what one thought one observed was, indeed, incorrect.
From my perspective, I don't hang out on basketball websites arguing strategy because it's not a sport I played and understand. To me, it's ten guys running around until someone shoots the ball.
Some people come here and ask questions, because they want to learn. It's the ones that start out with, "What an idiot that DS is for doing..." Or, "That rider/team really sucks because...", or "So and so is a choke artist..." that are idiotic. They have no clue what's really going on.
As Sherlock Holmes said, "Everyone sees, but few perceive.