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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 3:42 pm
(November 18, 2014 at 3:40 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote:
(November 18, 2014 at 2:05 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: " I don't like this thing and other people spend money on it. Abolish it! "

I don't want to abolish it, just don't expect to be interested in it!

Well that's fine, I was more trying to poke fun at the OP.
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 3:43 pm
I say we bring back good, old fashioned, gladiator fights - volunteers only.

And that we feed creationists to the lions.

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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 3:43 pm
(November 18, 2014 at 3:43 pm)Beccs Wrote: I say we bring back good, old fashioned, gladiator fights - volunteers only.

And that we feed creationists to the lions.

What are the "kind" of these lions? Ligers prohibited.
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 3:51 pm
(November 18, 2014 at 3:43 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:
(November 18, 2014 at 3:43 pm)Beccs Wrote: I say we bring back good, old fashioned, gladiator fights - volunteers only.

And that we feed creationists to the lions.

What are the "kind" of these lions? Ligers prohibited.

The "kind" that eat creationists.

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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 4:47 pm
Barbary lions??
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 4:49 pm
No, hungary lions.

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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 6:29 pm
(November 18, 2014 at 10:10 am)simplemoss Wrote: I can't think of a more wasteful, pointless, and idiotic activity as sports. Billions of dollars spent every year. Money that could be spent to help the poor. Stadiums, leagues, and sports equipment corporations.

I always saw sports as a form of gambling, but they have transformed into the best job an inner city black kid can get. As a way for those who literally cannot read to get into college. For what? Is it so nations can compete and say proudly their nation is the best at skiing?

Why do you adore sports and competitiveness so much? Are you an athelete if so why? Why do you think its appropriate, too waste billions teaching kids how too play basketball?

Really, how about art and music? Theater? Novels? Dance? There are good things in life that have no immediate utility, yet raise the spirit and make us better.

Competition often makes us better. Like other drama, sports can be exciting to watch. Playing sport is good for your health. So, no I can't see banning them.

Ask me if we spend too much on them in in high school and college. Ask if tax dollars should ever be spent on pro sports. That we might agree on.
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 6:56 pm (This post was last modified: November 18, 2014 at 6:57 pm by Heywood.)
Simplemoss,

Your version of an ideal model for human society is an ant colony. Sorry but we aren't insects....we are social mammals. Sports is one way we come together and re-enforce our social bonds.
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November 18, 2014 at 7:18 pm (This post was last modified: November 18, 2014 at 7:20 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 18, 2014 at 3:43 pm)Beccs Wrote: I say we bring back good, old fashioned, gladiator fights - volunteers only.

And that we feed creationists to the lions.
If you're going to be charged with the crime, you may as well do it, amiright? Bet they'd fuck the lions up though. Look around...lions are thin on the ground for a reason......maybe it's time for a little mercy (for lions, of course)?
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RE: Get rid of sports
November 18, 2014 at 7:20 pm
(November 18, 2014 at 7:18 pm)Rhythm Wrote:
(November 18, 2014 at 3:43 pm)Beccs Wrote: I say we bring back good, old fashioned, gladiator fights - volunteers only.

And that we feed creationists to the lions.
If you're going to be charged with the crime, you may as well do it, amiright? Bet they'd fuck the lions up though. Look around...lions are thin on the ground for a reason......

We could always genetically engineer a Rancor.

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