Marks vs. Me: What Opinion? by The Next Jericho@aol.com
All right, to start off, I'm just going to say that this is an opinion piece, and if you're a mark, maybe I'm not talking to you, so don't fill my e-mail with "D13 $m4rIAnyway, you piss me off.
Yeah, you heard me...if you're a mark, you piss me off.
"Hogan is King! Jericho Sucks!" "Dude, Eddie Guerrero is NOTHING compared to The Rock!" (I think The Rock is good and all, but he isn't as good as Eddie) and "Benoit should Die! He's horrible!" If those words, or anything like them, have come out of your ignorant little mouth, I have Two Words for ya:
Kill yourself.
At some points, I envy you...really I do...I used to long for the days when I didn't CARE about backstage politics and who's holding down who, thus making me root for the good guy and hate the bad guy. Ultimately, that's more fun. Ignorance is Bliss, right?
Wrong, my friend.
When you're a smark, you know it's because YOU like the wrestler for their wrestling ability, not because the WWE tells you "This is the guy you're supposed to like, this guy isn't." It makes you feel like an individual to root for Jericho at the Live RAW taping. It makes you feel more intelligent when you're marking out for a Fujiwara Armbar in the comfort of your LA-Z-BOY Armchair, simply because you know that it is considered death in Japan. Hell, have you even heard of Japanese Wrestlers, mark? Funaki, TAKA and Tajiri are great examples of Japan, but they're not the majority. Most of them aren't the evil "Rising Sun"-ish wrestlers, they're just straight badasses. CIMA, SUWA and CHONO. Do those ring a bell? No? Why am I surprised? Smarks (Smart Marks) are always those that think for themselves, notice that? Benoit and Jericho teaming is heaven for us...for you, it's just another team for The Hardy Girlz to beat. You follow who you're told, and you preach it to us as if WE'RE the ones in the dark. If only you knew.
To quote Bartleby and Loki from Dogma: "You are idolitors. You hide behind your false idol." If you understand what I mean, than you obviously read what I had to say...good work.
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