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To: Ilaine who wrote (5271)	10/26/2005 12:25:14 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 51730

You're being a little hard on Nascar. At the very least it teaches people how to cheer together, and the enjoyment of victory, and the agony of defeat - and all those other things you get watching any kind of race, be it a horse race, or a dog race, or a human race. All of the spectator "sports" involve sitting on one's ass :-) I wouldn't enjoy Nascar myself, and I deplore the waste of fuel - now THAT seems stupid to me, to celebrate the burning of fossil fuels, not because it is a huge amount, but because of the symbolic waste, but other than that, I don't find it stupider than any other spectator activity that has no cultural literacy component. (Only certain movies teach us anything- I don't think movies like Nightmare On Elm Street part 6 teach us much- and I hate enabling violent pathways in the brain [since research is indicating that seeing lights up the same pathways as doing]- so on balance, I'd rather have people watch Nascar than watch violence.)

To: Ilaine who wrote (5271)	10/26/2005 12:45:05 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 51730

Speaking of movies, have you seen anything you liked lately? I've rented several small films- Mysterious Skin, Ma Mere, King of the Corner, but I haven't liked any of them. I'm hoping "Nothing" turns out to be the best of the lot, because the others ranged from disturbing to downright unpleasant. reel.com And what are you reading? I will be reading the Little Friend as soon as my library gets it in. I recently read the Secret History, which I liked very much. While I wait for my Friend, I'm reading Q: amazon.com The reviews range from "horrible" to "great". :-)