Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Hypocrisy !!!!!
From: Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 18:37:31 -0400

>> 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?
>
> Because people have been enjoying spectator sports for thousands of 
> years and
> for the past several decades football/soccer has been the world's most 
> popular
> sport by far. And the World Cup is the greatest event of this most 
> popular sport
> on earth. That's why.

Of course, that doesn't at all answer the question "Why." One would hope 
human beings could evolve past sweaty men chasing a dirty ball to the 
point of spectators killing each other over the outcome. This "greatest 
event" appears very much like a bunch of savages doing the utterly 
absurd for the entertainment of barbarians.

Allan


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