[kj] Sports

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I recall a few years back on a Monday morning when a young labourer turned up for work on a Monday morning wearing a Man United shirt , just after the week end where Man U had beaten Chelsea , the Chelsea supporting boss sacked him on the spot .> From: vassifer at earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:58:14 -0400> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] Sports> > > 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.> > _______________________________________________> > Gathering mailing list> > Gathering at misera.net> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering> > _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering
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