MA casino lean likely dooms Suffolk (Update: Deal set for 2015-16)

[ScottJ]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Watchmaker is having a total meltdown over this on Twitter.

After the vote today, I mentioned that it was understandable that the track is closing.

His reply: "Understandable? What a terrible choice of words."

I stated the obvious. Sugar-coating the fact that the Suffolk racing product is beyond awful.

He replies with condescending BS.

I told him "I laughed" in response to his condescending BS about how I know nothing.

Anyone with even basic reading comprehension skills can figure out that I'm laughing at him...but he goes off on a rant about how awful a person I must be for laughing at a racetrack closing and the jobs lost.

It was one of the most pathetic displays of Faux Outrage and twisting of words, that I've ever seen.

Who knew a hilarious meltdown like that could be induced simply by someone saying that Suffolk's closure "is understandable" after the casino vote didn't go their way today.

Doug, have you ever lost a job in horse racing? Perhaps had a period of unemployment of six to twelve months? Maybe longer? Questioned whether you would make that month's bills? Even eat?

Twitter's 140-character "meaning of life" discourses are often misunderstood. While you can argue that given today's events Suffolk's decision was understandable, I believe that Mike was reacting to the fact that the decision was handed down in the first place making any thought of "understanding" impossible to believe.

As a fan, you have the right to state your views on Suffolk Downs, but by no means did I read the exchange as a meltdown.

Connecticut is now seeing reduced revenues from both of their casinos. New Jersey is experiencing wholesale closures. So too will Massachusetts experience the same emptiness in two decade's time.

Suffolk Downs, for all the $4,000 platers, does have a history - and one worth more than a 3-1 vote.