The point of my post wasn't that some people are homers. Maybe I made mistakes while translating my thoughts in this foreign language, but I did think I was pretty damn clear. I am saying that homerism is just a form of bias and that there are plenty more forms of it preventing ourselves from making worthwhile list.
Did I say that it wasn't ridiculous that Latendresse was rated second by a couple of delusional homers? No, I didn't. What I said though is that people are overreacting. Why the hell should you care if X thinks that Latendresse is the second best player? I personally don't care even though I don't agree with him. And if I want to point it out, I will find a more diplomatical and intelligent way of telling him that Latendresse isn't the 2nd best player or just shut up because... well, because I don't really care for his opinion if his bias is that evident. There's no need to be an *** over it though. But then again, I don't have freakin' crystal ball, even though it is clear that Latendresse hasn't thus far proven worthy of the 2nd spot by any stretch of the imagination. (I am not implying that Latendresse will become the 2nd best: I have no clue about it really, but I would, in my worthless opinion, say that he won't.)
By the way, if you looked at the ranking I approved, Latendresse was quite at the bottom of the list, wasn't he...
I have also been here for years and the homerism, various biases and overrating have always been part of these forums. We just tend to look fondly at that past and also gain in maturity in the mean time, so we just realize more and more how the forums really are... Heck, when I came here, Connolly was the second coming of Steve Yzerman... how time have changed...