Re: Jason Collins (NBA Center) announces that he is gay, altering the landscape of sp
In that it's impossible to have this talk "as a nation" in the sense you're referring to it. There's no "national" conversation going on in the sense you just stated...there's multiple localized conversations of individuals all across the nation. This isn't a team all in one locker room actively talking to each other. This isn't even a President giving a statement broadcast across the nation in real time on every major network. This is independent collumnists, news commentators, internet blogs, people at water coolers, etc having a conversation about the issue.
Not to mention...you're moving goal posts again. A "Team Meeting" does not require it to be ABOUT an issue relating to the team team. If a coach gets all the team together and decides to ask them all to pray for some kid whose in the hospital with cancer, without referencing the team or sport, that's still him calling a "team meeting" and having a "team prayer" even though its not about a "team issue".
Or if you want to use your example...if Bill Bellicheck called the team into a meeting, had them take a knee, and then proceeded to talk about Kim Kardashians Vag and how fine her ass is and asked for their opinions on it....that's still a TEAM MEETING because it's a MEETING with the TEAM. Even though it doesn't have one thing to do with the team at all (unless the Patriots traded for Reggie Bush
).
A "Team Discussion" is one had with the team about ANYTHING, so long as it's a discussion with the team
A "Team Discussion of a team issue" would be a team discussion about something directly relating to the team.
One can have a conversation on a national level without it being a "national topic". If you wanted the TOPIC to also be of significant importance to the nation then you should've included an adjective prior to that as well. You didn't. If you
meant for it to be included that's fine...then admit you messed up how you originally typed it in terms of your intent.
Where you place adjectives does matter. You place national prior to conversation, suggesting it needed to be a conversation held at a national level.
Now I assumed...because I figured you're not crazy...you didn't mean that in a literal sense that the ENTIRE NATION was having a discussion with itself or was being directly spoken to, ala a "team meeting". If that assumption is wrong and your previous statements in your "clarifying" posts is correct...then that's even more asinine and even more incorrect. If that assumption is correct...then you're basically agreeing with me.
Your issue is you are now...AFTER THE FACT...trying to claim that the TOPIC must be of national importance. Nothing in your statement or your wording of the statement suggests that. Nothing. No definition of it that I've seen. You see, I actually provided definitions...all you've done is go "No you're wrong, you read it wrong".
I'll ask again...give me something fact based or reference based to show me how your reasoning of it is correct.
