Steve, it looks like the game last night had an exciting if controversial
finish. Today's game should be a bit more intense in that context. Sounds like
you enjoyed Breaking Bad. Hope second son had good success with ACT. MP I'm
guessing means military police rather than member of Parliament.
Hi Share,
Yes, quite exciting IMO. Here's a funny twist. My wife likes the radio play
by play guy and so often listens in the kitchen. There's about a 90 second
delay between what is broadcast on the radio and what is shown on the TV.
So, I'm watching the game on TV, and in those few
Hi Steve, you got me thinking about the challenges of being a referee in sports
what with instant reply, etc. Wonder if Robotic Referees are in our future! Go,
Cards and hope you guys have fun today (-:
On Sunday, October 27, 2013 9:21 AM, Steve Sundur steve.sun...@yahoo.com
wrote:
Hi
Well, the umpires in baseball are consulting much more now, which they really
hadn't done in the past, and it has been positive, I think. And next year they
are going to some video reviews, which I also think is good. But what I don't
see changing for a long time, are the balls and strikes.
Steve, I think that's a good point about athletics allowing for aggressive
tendencies to be expressed in a relatively safe way. Yet our society continues
to have mass shootings, etc. And I think soccer matches are known for the crowd
riots afterwards. It seems to be a bit of a mixed bag. One
I understand what you are saying, but taking the big picture, it makes sense to
me. Of course there will always be incidents, but overall, reading that (Ken
Carey's deal), sort of changed my perspective some.
I don't know if I see the connection with mass shootings. I will concede that
Whoops, Steve, I just meant that if people are channeling aggression by
watching and playing sports, wouldn't that help society be less violent in
general? It's a controversy in Film and TV studies: does watching violence in
media cause more or less violence?
It's weird to realize that
Steve, thinking of your comparison of aggression to sexual crimes, as you note,
there are rules that govern sports and that helps channel the aggression. But I
don't know of any rules that govern porn!
On Sunday, October 27, 2013 3:02 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com
steve.sun...@yahoo.com
Hi. Well, to tell the truth, as I've often said, I don't watch much TV, but I
got intrigued by all the buzz about Breaking Bad, and so I've been absorbed
in watching all five seasons. In fact, I've watched all but the final episode
which I intend to watch shortly.
Other than that, it's
