On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:34:16 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

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On 1/15/12 12:28 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
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On 1/15/2012 10:46 AM, Oscar wrote:
On 1/15/2012 10:13 AM, JustWait wrote:
On 1/15/2012 9:50 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 1/15/12 9:34 AM, BAR wrote:
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On Jan 14, 10:07 pm, wrote:
On 1/14/2012 10:52 PM, Earl wrote:

Happy John wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:39:31 -0500,
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X ` Man wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK9TP...&feature=share
Amazing performance but she will probably need knee and hip
surgery
before she's 50.
As my younger daughter, a cheerleader and gymnast in high school,
will
attest. She goes in for her
hip surgery in about a week.
That's a rough sport.

I met an NFL alum that played in the Super Bowl and he could
hardly walk
at 44 years old.

Wonder if he had any regrets...

Several years ago, there was a documentary done on the likes of these
guys. Some were in wheel chairs. They were asked the same question,
and ironically most said they had no regrets at all and if able would
'do it again'

Winning and being productive is ingrained in the human psych, at least
for most!

Survival is the basic instinct of humans all else flows from that.


Pro football's "bloodthirst" is hardly a metaphor for human life. It's
just a game, nothing more. Unfortunately, many of its fans are attracted
by its brutality and are willing to pay for their bloodlust.

Professional car racing is also a bloodsport and I'd guess more drivers
are killed each year than football players. But...if you are a driver
and you deliberately cause injuries to another driver, you're likely to
be suspended from the sport or tossed out entirely.

Let's be honest here. A big part of the attraction of football is the
likelihood of seeing over-steroided players beat the crap out of each
other, with the chance of seeing several carried off the field with
serious injuries.


You being a non-participant and non-fan makes for a very wrong view of
the spectators of both Racing and Football. Maybe the thugs you hung out
with liked to see just the smashing of bodies and metal, but most real
fans don't....

Can we do this without personal attacks?

apologies to Harry... my bad....

Yeah, but Harry has already started the name calling.


A. I didn't call anyone here a name.
B. You seem intent on seeing what you can stir up.
C. I'm not playing your game and I hope no one else does, either.

Have nice day, as my Russian friends say.

Harry, you don't recall calling someone an asshole just recently because
they, you claimed were stirring the pot?

He did use the word 'assholes' when referring to a few folks who continue stirring the pot. Yes,
that was 'name-calling', although non-specific. He, perhaps, should have stressed the behavior -
which was, and is, very assholish.

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:10:03 -0500, Happy John
wrote:

He, perhaps, should have stressed the behavior -
which was, and is, very assholish.

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And perhaps recommended that the perpatrators join assaholics
anonymous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdgVA...ipcontrinter=1

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On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:10:03 -0500, Happy John
wrote:

He, perhaps, should have stressed the behavior -
which was, and is, very assholish.

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And perhaps recommended that the perpatrators join assaholics
anonymous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdgVA...ipcontrinter=1

The only thing is we are sliding back to where it was, in that anyone
who doesn't agree with a certain poster's stance on things such as
sports, religion, politics, etc. is deemed an "asshole". Being civil and
pussy-footing around a certain poster for fear of ****ing him off are
two different things. If it were anyone else calling someone an asshole,
they surely would have gotten a reprimand by others.