From: A Human Being on

Dave Frightens Me wrote:
> On 7 Aug 2006 01:42:58 -0700, "A Human Being"
> <justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> A very Mixi-esque thing to say.

Anyone who thinks about it carefully will realise the truth in it, Mixi
or not.
History doesn't draw any conclusions for us. It only tells us about the
events that happened . Its people who look for a moral in a story.

> >But what according to you does history say, since you think
> >it does ?
>
> It says that you and Mixi are too close for my comfort.

Why does that discomfort you ?

> --
> ---
> DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
> ---
> --

From: JohnT on

"The Reid" <dontuse(a)fell-walker.co.uk> wrote in message
news:rlvdd29etiipho54qa60f4835un3apmee4(a)4ax.com...
> Following up to Gregory Morrow
>
>>When has an athlete
>>ever been known to be a great thinker?
>
> Camus played in goal for Algeria.

Socrates played for Brazil.

JohnT


From: JohnT on

"Martin" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message
news:ut2ed29heb5dhqdo9te6m7ue99a718uag3(a)4ax.com...
> On 7 Aug 2006 02:11:49 -0700, jeremyrh.geo(a)yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>
>>The Reid wrote:
>>> Following up to Gregory Morrow
>>>
>>> >When has an athlete
>>> >ever been known to be a great thinker?
>>>
>>> Camus played in goal for Algeria.
>>
>>Wittgenstein played in midfield for Germany.
>>
>>Or do I mean Beckenbauer...
>
> Nero played whilst Rome burnt.

And don't forget Gazza.

JohnT


From: barney2 on
In article <1154954639.998845.236130(a)75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com (A Human Being) wrote:

> *From:* "A Human Being" <justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com>
> *Date:* 7 Aug 2006 05:44:00 -0700
>
>
> barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
> > In article <1154948260.051209.260730(a)m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
> > justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com (A Human Being) wrote:
> >
> > > *From:* "A Human Being" <justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com>
> > > *Date:* 7 Aug 2006 03:57:40 -0700
> > >
> > >
> > > The Reid wrote:
> > > > Following up to A Human Being
> > > >
> > > > >Are you the owner of r.t.e and the people who post here your
> > > > slaves
> > > > who
> > > > >must do your bidding and express only the opinions you like ?
> > > >
> > > > you haven't noticed that you "two" are laughed at by *everybody*
> > >
> > > Hyenas go about in herds.
> >
> > Packs.
>
> Both words mean the same thing, though its true `pack' is used to
> denote a group of hyenas, wolves etc.

'Herd' primarily means a group of (certain) farm animals, though it is
true that as a secondary meaning it can refer to any group of animals
living together.
From: jeremyrh.geo on

JohnT wrote:
> "Martin" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:ut2ed29heb5dhqdo9te6m7ue99a718uag3(a)4ax.com...
> > On 7 Aug 2006 02:11:49 -0700, jeremyrh.geo(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>The Reid wrote:
> >>> Following up to Gregory Morrow
> >>>
> >>> >When has an athlete
> >>> >ever been known to be a great thinker?
> >>>
> >>> Camus played in goal for Algeria.
> >>
> >>Wittgenstein played in midfield for Germany.
> >>
> >>Or do I mean Beckenbauer...
> >
> > Nero played whilst Rome burnt.
>
> And don't forget Gazza.

I think I read somewhere - maybe I made it up, though - that Socrates
(the Brazilian footballer, not the Greek philosopher) was of
Palestinian origin. Not sure if he was from Gaza, though ...

Unreliably yours,

B;