Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 6/22/02 12:02:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: > This is soccer, people are getting all in a snit about, right? That GAME in > which one group of alleged adults chases a ball around a field trying to > kick said ball in a big net, while another group of alleged adults attempts > to prevent the ball from getting into the net? > > Why, oh why, oh why, does anyone care? Unless, of course, they have a close > friend who plays on one of the teams? Come on, brother Colen. And the game where someone throws two pieces of horsehide wrapped around a cork center and another someone tries to hit it with a wooden stick; and a very hard rubber disk pursued by grownups - and children - on skates, on ice and with curved sticks, who try to put it into a net; and a large round ball that people try to put into a net ten feet high while others try to stop it; and people mounted on horses who pursue another hard ball with mallets on the end of a long flexible stick to strike it between two white posts. It's human competition and as social conduct it ain't a bad substitute for armed conflict. Mind you, my response is no condonation of the brutish behavior of many soccer (football) fans around the world. That is outrageous and should be dealt with as harshly as necessary to stop it (well, I suppose I would stop short of capital punishment!!). But don't condemn sports or games nor the folks who attach national pride and importance to the outcomes. BTW, ever watch a Formula One Grand Prix race? While Mika Hakkinen - two-time world champion - was racing, fans frantically waved Finnish flags at each of his races; and Scottish flags (!!) for David Coultard and German flags for Michael Schumacher etcet. Best regards, Seth LaK 9 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html