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Thanks for this good sense, Louis. Football -- which unfortunately I like to watch -- breeds violence and disregard of human health through its practices, through the devotion of all connected with the sport to violence and to "hitting" (the euphemism always used by football people for what they teach players to do to other players, usually as violently as possible), through its macho pseudo-manliness mantras and obedience systems. I hope that all of this about permanent injuries, concussions, and the (often sexual) violence wreaked upon family members and the young coming into the sport -- as you so rightly emphasize -- brings about the demise of this vicious and hurtful sport. Wythe ________________________________________ From: Marxism <marxism-boun...@lists.csbs.utah.edu> on behalf of Louis Proyect via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 1:08 PM To: Wythe Holt jr. Subject: [Marxism] Fwd: Against football | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist ====================================================================== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. ====================================================================== For the past few months, there has been a steady barrage of news reports on the moral failings of football players with a tendency to put the blame on those in positions of responsibility both in the professional and amateur realms. But as you might expect, there has been an utter failure to put football into a broader social and political context, something I hope to do in this essay. full: http://louisproyect.org/2014/10/13/against-football/ ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/wholt%40law.ua.edu _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
