Hear that Weegs? You have a small soul. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > He didn't say competition. > > I quote: > "do WHATEVER you can to win and try not to get caught... look at that > french > guy with the most blatant hands play that scored a goal, that kept the > irish > out of something, maybe this... you do what you can. i know i have... " > > Not inadvertent handballs. Not tugging on a jersey. Not a hard tackle, or > an > elbow, or a flop. > > "WHATEVER". > > I have played with and against such players. And that is, by _anyone's_ > definition, poor sportsmanship. > > I know not everyone agrees, but such players to me are small souled > individuals with no sense of self. > > Comparing such deliberate rule breaking to other sports is unnecessary. > Yes, > it goes on in other sports. And yes, in those other sports it is bad > sportsmanship, too. Pine tar. Stickum. Steroids. Juiced bats. Spitballs. > Breaking fingers in a scrum. Kneeing a downed opponent in the head. > > > > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Wow, talk about taking it to the extreme. You haven't even the least bit > of > > understanding about competition on the pitch if you really thought that > Ras > > was talking about a karate kid move. And even less sense if you are > > comparing obstructing another players path during a free kick to breaking > > someone's leg intentionally. > > > > You can drop the hollow super sportsmanship rant. There's much worse > > sportsmanship in basketball, hockey, baseball and nfl as there is on the > > pitch. How about batters running at pitchers with a baseball bat when > they > > get hit with a pitch, or bench clearing brawls, or spearing in hockey, or > > boarding... and the list goes on. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321548 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
