[kj] Celtic fan vs Dida attack

[Alexander Smith]

"Ultimately, the focus of hatred is an excuse to hide from ones own  
inadequacies.."

Tell that to Holocaust survivors.

Alex in NYC


On Oct 6, 2007, at 3:51 AM, iPat wrote:


> oliver, come on, until i saw you write 'player', i thought you were

> talking about this list. i havent seen anyone fight over sports since

> i was banned from going to any football ground, so i really dont see

> this violence dogma. As for overzealous sports 'jocks' (whatever thats

> meant to mean?) that could be equated to any activity from sex addicts

> to killing joke fanatics.

> Ultimately, the focus of hatred is an excuse to hide from ones own

> inadequacies..

>

> On 10/6/07, B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>> There is some especially pernicious and hypocritical about America's

>> relation with competitive sprts, though. As Alex has mentioned,  

>> you have

>> folks who can call in to radio shows and recite an amazing number of

>> facts and statistics about this player, this team, that year, etc. --

>> like savants or walking encyclopedias. Yet like most Americans he  

>> will

>> be ignorant about the rest of the world, how the economy operates,  

>> etc.

>> But sports -- it's like suddenly full-on brainpower. ......

>>

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