[kj] Celtic fan vs Dida attack

[Alexander Smith]

I didn't say sports EXCLUSIVELY fucked up American society. They've  
certainly played a huge part, however.

If slackjawed midwesterner spent less time worrying about football  
and basketball, maybe they WOULD give more of a damn about the world  
outside the US.

Alex in NYC


On Oct 6, 2007, at 6:04 AM, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:


> LOL.

>

> So it's *sports* that have fucked up American society rather than  

> the pursuit of money, fundamentalism, racism, ignorance about the  

> world beyond the US border.... well, it made *me* laugh!

>

> Jamie

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

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> Sent: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 1.29pm

> Subject: Re: [kj] Celtic fan vs Dida attack

>

> 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.

>

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

> On Oct 5, 2007, at 8:29 AM, iPat wrote:

>

> > how?

> >

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

> >

> >> Sports are a fucking waste of time.

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