Hey, y'all TIPSTERs from Canada and the Northern states need to understan'
somethin.'
Those of us way down here in the south of the U.S. of A., especially in Georgia
(which is technically pronounced "Jo-Ga"), have a strict operational definition
for "sport" (apologies to Chris Green, whose writings on operational
definitions I very much admire; but in this case, we make a venerable
exception). Sport, as all of us down here know, is a game where you can get
banged up real bad.
Using that eminently reasonable definition, real sports include things like
American ("genuine") football, rugby, ice-hockey, boxin', wrasslin',
ski-jumpin," bobsleddin," skeleton (whatever the heck that is), pole-vaultin',
and so on. By that definition, NASCAR is most certainly a sport. In contrast,
wimpy games like "swimmin', ping pong (or as you intellectuals call it, "table
tennis"), curlin', and most of all, ice dancin', definitely ain't no sports.
Now, if they changed the rules of curlin' to allow the players to tackle each
other or to throw that big stone thing at each other, that would make it a
sport.
Don't get me wrong - I like y'all northern TIPSTERS plenty. But you gonna have
to spend some time with us down here in the South and get your definition of
sports right.
..Scott
Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology, Room 473
Emory University
36 Eagle Row
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
[email protected]; 404-727-1125
The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and
his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and
his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which
is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does,
leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him - he is
always doing both.
- Zen Buddhist text
(slightly modified)
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Green [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 8:58 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Condolances
> On Feb 21, 2014, at 8:42 PM, "Lilienfeld, Scott O" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> And what's especially humiliating is that you Canadians also beat out us
> Americans in curling, which isn't even a sport.
Yeah, kind of like NASCAR, eh? :-)
Chris
.......
Christopher D Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
[email protected]
http://www.yorku.ca/christo
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