Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, once again the point is missed...:-) I said absolutely nothing about people developing THEIR bodies. Rooting for national teams, or for professional teams, has less than nothing to do with developing your own body. Go play soccer. Go play baseball. Go curl. Go play field hockey. Go play....But don't confuse following professional sports with participating in sports for the enjoyment and benefits of participating.:-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Greg J. Lorenzo Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 6:01 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Hypocrisy !!!!! Hi B. D., You must be getting old. Development of the mind without the body is only half an education and not conducive to a long healthy life. Regards, Greg B. D. Colen wrote: >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? And over the outcome of one of these >"games" people on this list turn on each other? > >Hey, folks, the outcomes of these games will not do ANYTHING to solve the >very real problems faced by all these nations - Argentina's economy will not >bounce back into shape; France will not become the "super power" it has >always longed to be; Britain will not regain the 'glory' of its centuries of >Empire; Korea will not wake up in the morning reunited with North Korea; the >U.S. will not suddenly have learned how to bear its economic and military >power in a non-threatening way. It's a game. > >Geeeesh! > >B. D. > >(And, yes, I do feel precisely the same way about American professional >sports - which are, after all, entertainment spectacles acted out by >ridiculously high paid entertainers for the benefit of their millionaire and >billionaire employers.) > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Henry Ting >Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 10:10 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] Hypocrisy !!!!! > > >"still laughing...what a great day!! >....and hope this time nobody can feel offended." > >I'm not a Brit, but still could feel their pain. >Can't you at least not rub it in ? > >--- Pablo Kolodny <pablokolodny@mac.com> wrote: > >>still laughing... what a great day !! >> >>hope this time nobody can feel offended. >> >>Pablinho >> >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see >> >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup >http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html