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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: epicure who wrote (79137)11/14/2003 1:30:48 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
"I think organized sports are all very silly indeed, and I see them as about as meaningful as beauty pageants-"

That is a very unconsidered point of view. Sports channel energies into constructive pathways and provide a forum in society for fairness and merit. Human beings have used games as a socialization process since our earliest beginnings.

Sports develop the body and the mind and they bring health and fitness. Competition also removes categories of prejudice and inequality and it allows people to be judged on merit.

It also provides a huge economic benefit to society and gives an opportunity to those born in poverty and without connections.

The inability to understand the merit of games is a measure of naivety.
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