Brady's notion of "fictional" would seem to be awkwardly replaceable by a
phrase like "not relevant to reality claims" -- as a sports broadcast would
be("did he really catch the ball inbounds?" -- "did the Niners really win?")And that's probably why Derek challenged it -- since even if a Raskolnikov never existed -- the story about him might be considered important because something about his psychology is felt to be very real. Which also might account for Derek's additional challenge: "I am trying to pretend this discussion of sport on a philosophy of art list is not happening." And I also feel that there's something dreadful about emphasizing the similarity between great moments in sports with the performances of Shakespeare. I suppose there's no doubting that Cheerskep feels like he has an AE with both of them -- but unless we can determine some special quality about that Shakespeare AE -- well, what's the point of telling kids to study great literature --- when any jackass can go to the ballpark and have a great time? _____________________________________________________________ Click to get a free auto insurance quotes from top companies. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2211/fc/Ioyw6ijmNj8KEugM29E9wmEKphl5A8 6jZnxH47rOQIDv1WUjDC3JrO/?count=1234567890
