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From: Dave Frightens Me on 6 Aug 2006 15:59 On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:27:34 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dave Frightens Me writes: > >> Sport provides a civilised means of competition. This is of enormous >> value, as the British empire demonstrated. > >Sport was of enormous value to the British Empire? Yes. Read and you will learn. >There are many forms of competition that seem civilized enough to me. >Sport is unique in that it is competition that serves no useful >purpose ... and it isn't always civilized. The purpose it serves is slighty abstract, so I don't expect you to understand, but I will give you a chance. Tensions are much better released on the playing field than at war. Simple as that really. >> Then you would have a heap of unemployed soldiers and arms >> manufacturers, so the point is moot. > >That's better than having a heap of dead soldiers. History says otherwise. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: A Human Being on 6 Aug 2006 16:46 Tim C. wrote: > On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:27:34 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > >There are many forms of competition that seem civilized enough to me. > >Sport is unique in that it is competition that serves no useful > >purpose ... and it isn't always civilized. > > It can be seen as a stylised version of warfare. Which indicates that societies where they are given undue importance consists of people who are more aggressive by nature. > In that sense it > serves a very useful purpose. In what way does it help the population? > -- > Tim C.
From: Dave Frightens Me on 6 Aug 2006 18:04 On 6 Aug 2006 13:46:21 -0700, "A Human Being" <justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >Tim C. wrote: >> On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:27:34 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >There are many forms of competition that seem civilized enough to me. >> >Sport is unique in that it is competition that serves no useful >> >purpose ... and it isn't always civilized. >> >> It can be seen as a stylised version of warfare. > >Which indicates that societies where they are given undue importance >consists of people who are more aggressive by nature. > >> In that sense it >> serves a very useful purpose. > >In what way does it help the population? Odd how your posting style resembles Mixi's... -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Gregory Morrow on 6 Aug 2006 18:04 Tim C. wrote: > On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:27:34 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > >There are many forms of competition that seem civilized enough to me. > >Sport is unique in that it is competition that serves no useful > >purpose ... and it isn't always civilized. > > It can be seen as a stylised version of warfare. In that sense it > serves a very useful purpose. Anyway you look at it sports is a TOTAL waste of time...people that are heavily involved in sports are generally fairly stupid. When has an athlete ever been known to be a great thinker? -- Best Greg ..
From: Dave Frightens Me on 6 Aug 2006 18:06
On 5 Aug 2006 12:23:23 -0700, "A Human Being" <justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >JohnT wrote: >> "A Human Being" <justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:1154803838.617106.299440(a)m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... >> > >> > Martin wrote: >> >> On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:56:29 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >Dave Frightens Me writes: >> >> > >> >> >> If it's valuable, why aren't you better off? >> >> > >> >> >Why are professional basketball players paid more than teachers and >> >> >doctors? >> >> >> >> Why aren't you better off? >> > >> > If you can answer the question he asked you will have the answer to why >> > he isn't better off. >> > >> >> The answer to his question is that he hasn't any qualifications do do >> anything which will pay reasonable money. > >How did you know he hasn't any qualifications? Have you seen his CV ? > >> So he is poor. Yes, providing the >> answer to the question did give the answer. > >An incorrect one . As you know what his CV looks like, why do you believe he's poor? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |