Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> Why, oh why, oh why, does anyone care? Unless, of course, they have a >> close >> friend who plays on one of the teams? And over the outcome of one of >> these >> "games" people on this list turn on each other? > > Because people have been enjoying spectator sports for thousands of > years and > for the past several decades football/soccer has been the world's most > popular > sport by far. And the World Cup is the greatest event of this most > popular sport > on earth. That's why. Of course, that doesn't at all answer the question "Why." One would hope human beings could evolve past sweaty men chasing a dirty ball to the point of spectators killing each other over the outcome. This "greatest event" appears very much like a bunch of savages doing the utterly absurd for the entertainment of barbarians. Allan - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html