Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 10:56:25 EDT From: Karen Ocana <CXKO-AT-musica.mcgill.ca> Subject: Re[4]: European Cup >OK it's not D&G but: >What has Pearce got to do with vile patriotics? The guy was dead wound up cos >he missed a penalty in the world cup shoot out that put England out and here >he was in the same situ again with all the past on his shoulders. Cracking >shot. Also all this sport without nationality business. Boring and totally >unfeasible. Humans just don't work that way (hears distant rumblings about >schizoanalysis approaching from all sides). It reminds me of all that non- >competitive sports musings in the eighties. Kind of oxymoronic. >Here's to adrenalin rushes and dancing in fountains. >Simon Cheers Simon, No one said anything against competitiveness. That's what philosphy is all about, as well as most any endeavour worth it's while, especially or even when it's a matter of competing against one's more or less foolish selves... Perhaps I misunderstood Pearce's gestures, or the look of hatred on his face, maybe it was only stress, who knows. Didn't make out what he said either. Games are great, and inter-national games can be very satisfying, I suppose they're an outgrowth of inter- tribal games...it's rivalry all the way down. It's the quality of the rivalry and of the revelry that counts. England's a great sporting nation (I won't say anything about soccer hooligans, I promise), ko ------------------
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