Buhallin said:
Really? That's the best you've got? An "If I really said that but I didn't even though I did" insult? Weak, although you do get bonus points for the mangled Bush quote, even if it was rather forced.
As I said, simple interpretation doesn't work once designer intent takes over. Even the vaunted dormouse was blindsided by the Abandoned Mine ruling. Expecting that "cannot attack" means it cannot participate in an attack even though it has been declared as an attacker is far more reasonable than thinking cards create new game flow to allow themselves to work even though they don't say so.
People with odd interpretations have turned out to be right as often as not, and prompted enough discussion that people have explored the rules. Even when we've disagreed (strongly) about interpretations we've never just shouted people down or called them stupid trolls for reading cards differently.
I'm not sure why you seem so personally, deeply offended by people reading the cards differently, or having seen enough rulings that didn't fit the cards to be open to odd readings, but you really should move on. You're really not contributing anything.
Oh no, I've hurt someones feelings! For the record, I was the one shouted down and called a troll, read the thread again. Here.... I'll put a smiley face to show I'm not offended. This is a game, you know, not the global warming debate.