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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambi who wrote (79162)	11/17/2003 1:37:26 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 82486

Terrific post!

To: Rambi who wrote (79162)	11/17/2003 2:46:31 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

I wouldn't take sports away from anyone, I simply meant to qualify my answer, as the answer of a person who doesn't like organized sports. I like individual sports, rather than team competitions, since team competitions play into the "us" "them" paradigm. Since there is all too much us versus them, I dislike anything that feeds into that.

To: Rambi who wrote (79162)	11/17/2003 7:09:12 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

Good for you. I agree totally. I was involved in organized youth sports as a lad, and benefited tremendously from them. My son, also, gained enormously from his participation in youth baseball and football. The main problem, besides the emphasis on winning instead of doing one's best, are the parents. As a little league umpire, I can tell you that the parents were far, far, far, far worse than the kids. The kids were out there basically to have fun. The parents weren't. I almost never had problems with profanity from kids. From parents, WHEW. Over several decades of umpiring, I have only once ejected a kid from a game. But I have probably ejected well over a hundred parents from the ball park. For the younger ages, they didn't even care what the score was. They were just out there to play and have fun. They had to ask at the end of the game who won. If only the parents had been as smart as their kids.