[kj] Celtic fan vs Dida attack

[Alexander Smith]

Peter, I have to say --- your arguments would be a thousand times  
more potent if you didn't insist on that ridiculous font.

Alex in NYC



On Oct 6, 2007, at 6:25 AM, Flight Bringer wrote:


> "dye their hair colors to match a team's colors,

> put on embarrassing displ;ays of drunkenness and hollering, etc. --  

> yet

> I remember when punk rockers coloring their hair, getting drunk"

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>     That comparison is just so illogical and unthought through  

> Oliver , your reasoning is quite absurd . Yes, when punks first  

> came on the scene they did get drunk, dye their hair and were  

> looked at with disdain by the rest of society , this was because  

> the general public were shocked by these teenagers who didnt  

> conform to the rules of society , sticking two fingers up at  

> society and revelling in nonconformity, getting drunk, dying their  

> hair and preaching Anarchy............now how on Earth can you  

> compare that to someone who dyes their hair for an afternoon in  

> order to show which team they support??????? Yes, Oliver , they  

> both colour their hair and get drunk..........but come on, you cant  

> logically compare the two .

>       Punk received so much attention because it was new , and it  

> was 30 years ago , nowadays, society is generally unshockable when  

> it comes to musicians and to highlight your post even further, only  

> a small minority of people who attend sports events dye their hair .

>       Your comparisons are quite irrational Oliver ..........and  

> thats not to mention your comparisons with sports fans and Muslims  

> extremists zealots!!!!!!Come on, get a grip with reality

>

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> > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 19:11:30 -0500

> > From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net

> > To: gathering at misera.net

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

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> > There is some especially pernicious and hypocritical about America's

> > relation with competitive sprts, though. As Alex has mentioned,  

> you have

> > folks who can call in to radio shows and recite an amazing number of

> > facts and statistics about this player, this team, that year,  

> etc. --

> > like savants or walking encyclopedias. Yet like most Americans he  

> will

> > be ignorant about the rest of the world, how the economy  

> operates, etc.

> > But sports -- it's like suddenly full-on brainpower. And the  

> competitve

> > associations w/ masculinity and power, competition, one-upping,  

> cheering

> > on one's gladiators while primarily women assume their roles as

> > cheerleaders at the side, sort of like a prepping for war. (Not  

> always,

> > though -- folks often forget George W Bush was a Yale male  

> cheerleader

> > and didn't buy his Texas vanity ranch untilt he year 1999 when he

> > decided to run for President).

> >

> > Violent, antisocial, and downright thuggish behaviors associated  

> with

> > sports are given big time leeway in the culture that similar violent

> > acts would not get. Also, the fanaticism it inspires reminds of  

> devout

> > Middle Easter religious zealots. In the world of American sprots,  

> fans

> > can dress outlandishly, dye their hair colors to match a team's  

> colors,

> > put on embarrassing displ;ays of drunkenness and hollering, etc.  

> -- yet

> > I remember when punk rockers coloring their hair, getting drunk  

> -- that

> > was the epitome of evil, a sign civilization was falling apart! But

> > sports always gets a free pass and when drugs, rape, murder and  

> other

> > ugly behaviors come along,y ou'll find no end to the excuse- 

> making for

> > it, since it's a cherished institution.

> >

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