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		<title>The Hate that Unites Us All&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, we&#8217;ve dispatched the Leafs twice &#8211; and had to go to extra lengths to do so, but now comes the real acid test. A battle against our heated (read: hated) rivals, the Boston Bruins. What makes a rival anyway? How do you go about hating a team, its fans and its players SO much [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, we&#8217;ve dispatched the Leafs twice &#8211; and had to go to extra lengths to do so, but now comes the real acid test. A battle against our heated (read: hated) rivals, the <a href="http://www.somethingsbruin.net" target="_blank">Boston Bruins</a>. What makes a rival anyway? How do you go about hating a team, its fans and its players SO much when you are a die-hard fan, and what is it that just sets you off when that team does so well and your team performs so poorly against them?</p>
<p>Now I can&#8217;t tell you exactly when I started hating the <strong>Bruins</strong> &#8211; I think it was just something I adopted over the years. Maybe it was the fact that I disliked proto-power forward <strong>Cam Neely</strong>, that they stole away &#8216;knuckles&#8217; <strong>Nilan</strong> and ran him ragged, or maybe I couldn&#8217;t stand that they signed one of my favorite goalies of all time back in the 90s &#8211; <strong>Andy Moog</strong>&#8230;</p>
<div id="attachment_179" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 262px"><img class="size-full wp-image-179  " title="mad_roy" src="http://www.stpatrickspoutine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/mad_roy.jpg" alt="mad_roy" width="252" height="133" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sorry Pat. That was blasphemy...</p></div>
<p style="text-align: left;">All I can tell you is, over the years I&#8217;ve grown to dislike the <strong>Bruins</strong> more and more every year. Up in my neck of the woods, there aren&#8217;t too many B&#8217;s fans. Perhaps its due to the large number of Franco-Ontarians in the area, or its close proximity to the self proclaimed centre of the hockey universe, Toronto (more like the sucking wound, or smelly arse-hole.) But after last year&#8217;s performance, a few more fans have popped out of the woodwork. Have they removed the paper bags off their heads, stepped out of the closet and embraced who they truly are?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I don&#8217;t know, and I don&#8217;t care. True fan or fairweather fan, if you sport the <strong>Black and Gold</strong>, I hate you and the team you support. The sad thing is, they start young too.</p>
<div id="attachment_181" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-full wp-image-181" title="aaron+cameron" src="http://www.stpatrickspoutine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/aaron+cameron.jpg" alt="aaron+cameron" width="300" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">He may be cute - but he&#39;s evil!</p></div>
<p style="text-align: left;">This is my friend Aaron. He and his wife just had a bouncing baby boy last week, and I couldn&#8217;t be happier for the two of them. The child is going to have a great upbringing because the two of them are absolutely great people. Then I saw this, and now I don&#8217;t know what to think any more.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Then it dawned on me&#8230; he named the boy&#8230; <strong>Cameron</strong>. At first I thought &#8211; hey that&#8217;s a great name. I know a few Cameron&#8217;s and they&#8217;re pretty good guys. Then the hamster started turning the wheel in my head and the light went on and then&#8230; <strong>Cam!</strong> Uh-oh.. seriously?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I think this may be the first baby I am forced to hate. I&#8217;ve sent a care package to reverse the damages&#8230; I hope its not too late.</p>
<div id="attachment_182" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-182" title="baby" src="http://www.stpatrickspoutine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/baby.jpg" alt="baby" width="400" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">See. Look how HAPPY this kid is.</p></div>
<p>I&#8217;ll have to check in on them tonight to see how they&#8217;re doing. Perhaps the fever will pass and everything will be back to normal. Perhaps that case of <strong>Tim Thomas-itis</strong> won&#8217;t progress into that terminal disease called <strong>Neely-ism</strong>. Either way, there&#8217;s going to be a long road to recovery. I hope he&#8217;ll pull through and be the inspiration for all babies suffering all over the world.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, <strong>Habaneros</strong> &#8211; I care. I care about the children.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and about that game tonight &#8211; <strong>Habs 3-1 for the win</strong>. I consulted some expert opinion on this, but I wanted to be a bit more cautious.</p>
<div id="attachment_188" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 528px"><img class="size-full wp-image-188" title="da-bruins" src="http://www.stpatrickspoutine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/da-bruins.jpg" alt="da-bruins" width="518" height="334" /><p class="wp-caption-text">DA HAABBSSSS... 42, BAH-STAN... ZIP - If coach Gainey laces up da skates... Habs 200, BAH-stan zip. </p></div>
<p style="text-align: left;">Our boy <a href="http://www.stpatrickspoutine.com/2009/10/29/halak-attack/" target="_blank">Jaro Halak</a> is expected to start tonight, so let&#8217;s give him all the help he can get so we can get a leg up on our hated rivals. With the way the new guys have been putting the puck into the net lately, we could see a <strong>42 goal win</strong>&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Here&#8217;s to being <strong>optimistic</strong>.</p>
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<div id="attachment_189" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><img class="size-full wp-image-189" title="martin" src="http://www.stpatrickspoutine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/martin.jpg" alt="FROMAGE! Take a picture - you won't see this face too often." width="450" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">FROMAGE! Take a picture - you won&#39;t see this face too often.</p></div>
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