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<p>Oh? "The First one"? Let me clue you in. I haven't actually STARTED any threads in months. For example, when Cal got blown out by Tennessee in its first game, which was a pretty bad thing, did I start a thread about it? Go ahead, try to find such a thread that I actually started. You can't do it. I participated in threads that others started, but I didn't start any of my own. So what are you talking about when you say that I am the first to point anything bad out? Similarly, if Cal loses to Oregon this weekend, I promise you that I will be far from the first one to say anything about it. </p>
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The reason everyone thinks sakky is out to get Cal (and I am one of those people) is that he seems to only comment on the negatives of Cal
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<p>Oh? Where exactly were all you guys when I, once again, recently defended the strength of Berkeley's graduate programs against detractors? In fact, this is something that I have done time and time again, but apparently nobody wants to remember it. I don't remember getting any support from any of you guys for that battle. Why is that? I also recently defended Berkeley against that rather ridiculous civil literacy test. But I guess y'all didn't notice that either. Perhaps you didn't WANT to notice it.</p>
<p>Basically, what I see is that whenever I say anything positive about Berkeley, y'all remain silent. When I say saying critical about Berkeley, you guys whine. So, really, at the end of the day, you just want people to only say positive things about Berkeley. </p>
<p>If that's the case, then why not just come right out and say so? Say that you only want people to say positive things about Cal. </p>
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Yet where's sakky's post touting the greatness of Berkeley when in two days three people associated with the university are awarded nobel prizes?
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<p>Why exactly is it MY job to tout Berkeley's Nobels? I see that other people seem to be doing that job just fine. Furthermore, I could just as easily be touting the greatness of Stanford, MIT, and Harvard who also have claims to the recent Nobels. Do you see me doing that? In fact, I haven't touted ANY schools for ANY of the recent Nobels. </p>
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Sakky doesn't even think Cal is a "good" school,
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<p>See, there you go again, taking my posts out of context. I see that many people have recently said that Cal is horrid or abysmal, but the necessary context to understand those comments was that this was a discusion regarding the football team's performance in the Tennessee game. I asked you to provide context around when I supposedly alleged that Cal wasn't a 'good' school before, and you conspicuously declined. So I'll ask you for it again. </p>
<p>But since I expect you to decline again, allow me to provide the context. The Cal undergrad program is not good, relative to that of the top private schools. I think few people would dispute this notion. However, Cal's grad programs, and the PhD programs in particular, are top-of-the-line. </p>
<p>Look, if you want to fling around accusations of 'bias', then you have to be willing to apply it to ALL posters about Berkeley, including yourselves. It is not my job, nor is it anybody else's job to talk about every single thing that ever happens with Berkeley or any other subject. Instead, each of us chooses to talk about the particular topics that we think are important. It is through a wide set of opinions that readers can ascertain the truth. You guys seem to just want to engage in censorship of opinions you don't like.</p>
<p>(Edited to remove response to now-deleted post. Mod Amistad)</p>