[kj] Celtic fan vs Dida attack

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Well, the thing that gets me is that violence associated w/ sports -- 
and there's TONS of it, along with drugs and other shady stuff -- is 
generally given a wide allowance in the culture. Like the dude who 
almost got his balls ripped off because he was wearing a Texas Longhorns 
shirt -- if that had happened at a punk show, there is a greater 
possibility there'd be talk show specials, nightly news scare reports, 
etc., about this dangerous music that all the kids are into now. WATCH 
OUT PARENTS!

But ripping off genitals, dog fighting, drug abuse (steroids), biting 
someone's ear off (Tyson) and the like, or even murder (OJ Simpson) in 
sports, do not seem to cause a stigma to be as readily affixed to it as 
it would be to rock, or especially rap.

-Oliver



Alexander Smith wrote:

>

> Well, there are people who passively like sports, and then there are 

> "sports fans" -- people who eat, breathe, shit, shower, shave sports 

> all the time. 

>

> Likewise, there are people who passively enjoy music, and then there 

> are "music fans" -- people who are preoccupied with the listening, 

> accumulation and ephemera of music.

>

> I'm not saying they're mutually exclusive. 

>

> I'm just saying that "sports fans" more often than not tend to be 

> meatnecked, slackjawed idiots. 

>

> This is not to say that all music fans are exemplary human beings, but 

> they're probably less likely to be a slackjawed aped inclined to punch 

> you in the jaw.

>

> Ale