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From: Hatunen on 6 Aug 2006 23:54 On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:41:09 +0200, Tim C. <tim.challenger(a)aon.at> 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. When has sport ever stopped a war? On the other hand it has started at least one war: the Central American Soccer War. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 6 Aug 2006 23:56 On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:59:25 +0200, Dave Frightens Me <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote: >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. As we all know, the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 6 Aug 2006 23:58 On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:57:42 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >A Human Being writes: > >> So are midgets and people over 7 ft tall. Why aren't they paid just as >> much as professional models or basketball or football players? > >For sports figures, it's because they are not exhibited on television. >Television provides virtually all the money earned in professional >sports. Sports that do not interest television networks pay very >poorly indeed. When a sport manages to negotiate television rights >for its activities, it suddenly becomes very flush with cash; if an >established sport loses its broadcasting agreements, it may very >nearly go bankrupt. > >For models, well, professional models aren't paid very well to begin >with, despite illusions to the contrary. There are a few in the USA >who can command high hourly rates, but not many. Models outside the >USA often don't get rich even when they are popular, as the big money >is in places like New York. Most football players aren't paid very wellk, it at all, either. National Football League players are only a small, but highly visible subset, of all football players. Ditto for baseball players. Ditto for soccer players. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 7 Aug 2006 00:01 On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 17:46:47 +0100, this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: >The Reid <dontuse(a)fell-walker.co.uk> wrote: > >> Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy >> of city south and deansgate >> >> >Most realtors aren't top-earners. >> >> am I alone in not liking that word? Its odd to say in my accent. >> I prefer estate agent, assuming they are the same thing? > >Apparently not, which I didn't know. I just thought realtor was an >americanism... As I mentioned in another post, "Realtor" is a trademarked name for a member of America's National Association of Realtors, which includes only a minority of American real estate agents, so, yes, it is an Americanism, and it is a largely wrongfully used Americanism, even in America. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: A Human Being on 7 Aug 2006 04:42
Dave Frightens Me wrote: > 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. According to me history doesn't say anything. Its just events that happened. But what according to you does history say, since you think it does ? > --- > DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com > --- > -- |