On 9/13/05, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cricket's a real sport, not some nonsense judged on aesthetics.
I was just teasing, of course. I know from what I've seen of it (even without knowing the rules) that it's an athletic endeavour. And I certainly agree with you, that what the Olympics needs is more sports where the outcome is determined by objective scores, or who crosses the line first, and fewer sports judged on style. > Trouble is, > if they got rid of all the non-sports events, they'd have to get rid of > gymnastics, and that would be a sad day. So for the sake of gymnastics we > have to put up with Olympic Catwalk Modelling, and Olympic Flower-Arranging > and so on. I have a problem with gymnastics, at least "women's" gymnastics. They should actually call it pre-pubescent teenagers' gymnastics, because that's what it is. What those kids have to go through to make the Olympic teams is tantamount to child abuse. > But they should insist on the ancient ideals, and make them do the sports > naked. I'll agree with that. > Apart from the weight-lifters, obviously. Cyclists would chaffe, but if they want the Gold bad enough... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
