Philosophy
Let me say up front that this is not an anti-soccer post. Yes, it is a slow game and I have no problem with that. There is an ebb and flow and like watching the weather channel there is a drama in seeing things maybe develop and then dissipate waiting to see a sudden thunder storm with a tornado. I can see why people would enjoy the sport and how there could be fans all over the world.
I can also see how there could be riots connected with other forms of entertainment, like, say professional wrestling, where violence is ever-present and where the entire enterprise whips people into a frenzy. Hollywood action films have become more and more frenetic in their pacing because the tempo affects us. If the plot moves too slowly, we don't react in the same way. There is a reason why the military used drums and why dance beats cause us to behave in ways we might not otherwise.
This then is my confusion. How can there be such passion and violence associated with fans of something so slow?
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Philosophy
Soccer Hooliganism
Let me say up front that this is not an anti-soccer post. Yes, it is a slow game and I have no problem with that. There is an ebb and flow and like watching the weather channel there is a drama in seeing things maybe develop and then dissipate waiting to see a sudden thunder storm with a tornado. I can see why people would enjoy the sport and how there could be fans all over the world.
I can also see how there could be riots connected with other forms of entertainment, like, say professional wrestling, where violence is ever-present and where the entire enterprise whips people into a frenzy. Hollywood action films have become more and more frenetic in their pacing because the tempo affects us. If the plot moves too slowly, we don't react in the same way. There is a reason why the military used drums and why dance beats cause us to behave in ways we might not otherwise.
This then is my confusion. How can there be such passion and violence associated with fans of something so slow?
- How Do You Keep Non-violence Non-violent?
81 years ago today, Mahatma Gandhi started his salt march to Dandi by holding up a handful of mud and salt and declaring that "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." He was right. The non-violent opposition to the British salt...
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This weekend was Boxing Day, which of course has nothing to do with the sport. But, then, I was never one to pass up a pun no matter how lame. so, before I get accused of being cheesy, let me beat you to the pun(ch). So, the question is whether it is...
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On the flight home last night, I was talking with a couple who had an adult child who was a lawyer and raising their grandchildren in a typically upper/upper-middle class suburban fashion. One element was to put the child in an orgnaized soccer league...
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Games have rules. Given any particular game, it is obvious that if some set of its rules are changed, that game will cease to exist, giving rise to a new game. For example, if the rules of chess change to allow unmoved pawns to move three spaces, queens...
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