[kj] Sports

[Alexander Smith]

I should point out that I pitched for TIME Magazine's softball team  
for over a decade, and truly enjoyed it (though my pitching "skills"  
remained dubious at best). That said, my reasons for joining the team  
were entirely motivated by social impulses, not athletic ones.

Again, sports have their place. But I know several individuals who  
just take professional sports WAY, WAY, WAY too seriously (my former  
boss for a start -- the man has a Pittsburgh Steelers tattoo on his  
fucking arm).  If the Steelers lost a game, we could all expect a  
deeply unpleasant day in the office. Sorry, but that's just fucking  
ridiculous and worthy of nothing but abject contempt.

Alex in NYC


On Oct 5, 2007, at 8:47 AM, iPat wrote:


> no, im not winding you up, i was taking you seriously. but as you may

> or may not recall im involved heavily with sport activity

> (www.amag.org.uk) and see it as a great medium where people can find

> themselves.

>

> lets make a separation here, participant and spectator.

>

> Most sports participants are amateurs and do their activity because it

> makes them feel good, just as much as listening to a record would.

>

> Sports spectators may not fully understand that they are participants

> in another ritual because many use the activity as escapism. Me i

> never wear replica shirts, face paint etc.

>

> so i probably agree with you in your opinion

>

> On 10/5/07, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>>

>> Don't get your jersey all rumpled.

>>

>>   I just don't like jocks and ardent sports fans, that's all, thus am

>> making sweeping claims specifically designed to get them riled.

>> Sports have their place, but I'm of the opinion that certain people

>> take them WAY too seriously. And those people need to re-prioritize

>> and get fucking lives, as far as I'm concerned.

>>

>> By the same token, I'm preoccupied by a lot of silly things too. But

>> Sports have completely fucked up American society, as far as I can  

>> tell.

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