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From: bknight on 13 Jun 2010 12:01 On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:33:29 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: >On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:17:47 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > >>Upset? Nope, just making a statement that IS a fact. Your opinion >>doesn't proffer the right to decide what is, or isn't, intrinsic to >>another's personal preferences. >> >>BK > >I said intrinsic to a sport. In fact, it's personal preferences that >make the difference. I think that you're just looking for things to >argue about. There's no argument, just pointing out the obvious. BK
From: William Clark on 13 Jun 2010 12:26 In article <tou916thdihcsb9bj6bpvtureapkf6m9ql(a)4ax.com>, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:08:19 -0700 (PDT), johnty <johnty1(a)hotmail.com> > wrote: > > >Number two: to be even more correct, the old adage uses the word > >"thugs" > > > >Perhaps something was lost in translation from English to American. > > There have been many versions of that saying. One uses the term > beasts rather than animals. There's also one that begins with cricket > as a game played by gentlemen and watched by gentlemen. Not it does not - it uses the terms "hooligans" and "gentlemen". Please try harder.
From: William Clark on 13 Jun 2010 12:32 In article <4j9816d6mk24am1fu9vuacrapub9l0j5i3(a)4ax.com>, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:03:14 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> > wrote: > > >On 12 Jun 2010 20:28:02 GMT, Moderate <nospam(a)nomail.comu> wrote: > > > >>I tried watching some soccer today. One-one tie after 90 minutes. The > >>whole time I watched the sub-human fans blew air horns the entire time. > >>Ridiculous. > > > >I suppose you would agree with the old adage that football (soccer) is > >a game played by gentlemen and watched by animals and that rugby is a > >game played by animals and watched by gentlemen. > > > >In any case, I thoroughly enjoyed watching the English egos deflated. > > > >I will also add that there's nothing intrinsic that makes one sport > >more interesting to watch than another. > > That stupid statement alone is enough for a reasonable person to > dismiss anything else you've written. > > BK And he has a "PhD", too. Tut, tut :-)
From: William Clark on 13 Jun 2010 12:35 In article <eib816dda9in6pcpoo4jv7ui7qtl2dthpt(a)4ax.com>, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:30:21 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > > >>I suppose you would agree with the old adage that football (soccer) is > >>a game played by gentlemen and watched by animals and that rugby is a > >>game played by animals and watched by gentlemen. > >> > >>In any case, I thoroughly enjoyed watching the English egos deflated. > >> > >>I will also add that there's nothing intrinsic that makes one sport > >>more interesting to watch than another. > > > >That stupid statement alone is enough for a reasonable person to > >dismiss anything else you've written. > > > >BK > > > Which statement. The first is a quote, the second is a fact. There's > no doubt that English ego's were deflated today and I certainly > enjoyed it. The third is also a fact. So, all we establish is that you are an ignorant racist. Good thing the English weren't all black when you talk like that, or you'd be sent for sensitivity training. Ignorant, because you have fallen for the nonsense that this English team is a serious challenger for the Cup. It is not - had you seen any of the qualifying games you would know that. The only thing that really got deflated was your own pretence at being an educated person when you talk like that. > > What's got you so upset Bobby? The stupidity. Especially from someone who "claims" to have a PhD. Right.
From: Howard Brazee on 13 Jun 2010 13:09
On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:13:22 -0700 (PDT), "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> It's all what we're interested in. � I bet more people would be bored >> watching (or playing) golf than watching (or playing) soccer. >That's utterly ridiculous. On any given day in America, are more >people playing golf or soccer? Which sport do people watch more of on >TV - golf or soccer? My guess is that in America, more people are playing soccer. From where I play golf, I can see soccer fields that are full of kids playing soccer. On TV, I would guess golf. Golf has its own channel, but there are a couple of foreign channels that have soccer as well. Since you changed the venue from "more people" to "in America", I suppose I can do the same thing to find a subset that fits whatever I want to push. But that would be silly. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison |