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John Gaquin wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message news:bvof1n$uocsd$1@ID- snip Nice try. That's what I figured you did for a living... Nothing. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:09:13 -0500, "John Gaquin"
wrote: "Steven Shelikoff" wrote in message Harry, a communist like you should love football. It provides enjoyment for many more people of lower means than recreational boating does Steve, I'm going to disagree with you here. Harry dislikes team sports because organized team sport is a meritocracy. Some are more skilled and harder workers than others, and the skilled, hard workers get bigger rewards, while those with lesser skills and effort fail -- with no regard for their so-called "self-esteem". This is the way every business ought to be allowed to work, but we all know that is not the case. Also, having seen Harry's physique, I can say that he probably wasn't a team sport (or individual, for that matter) during his high school and/or college days. Very often when people are prevented from engaging in an activity they become opposed to the activity. Then they try to make it seem as though they are on a pedestal which makes them "too good" to engage in said activity. This is mostly psychological stuff, so Harry and his wife probably spend a lot of time discussing this aspect of his personality. Of course, very often these same people will come back with a list of all the sports at which they "excelled". John H On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! |
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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:59:09 -0500, "John Gaquin"
wrote: "Harry Krause" wrote in message news:bvof1n$uocsd$1@ID- snip Nice try. See what I mean? So predictable. John H On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! |
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My favorite team sports are rugby, swimming and track, the three sports I most enjoyed participating in in high school and college. I have the honor of losing and losing badly in a 1960s shot put event to Randy Matson of Texas A&M. He was incredible. I was merely on the team. What a joy to watch that guy. Got to photograph him, too, the next year, while a stringer for the KC Star. Randy Matson was an Olympic champion and national champ in both shot and discus several times.. So, you and a lot of other people lost to him. It must have been fun just competing in that kind of crowd. donpj |
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"John H" wrote in message .....Very often when people are prevented from engaging in an activity they become opposed to the activity. Then they try to make it seem as though they are..."too good" to engage in said activity. Of course, very often these same people will come back with a list of all the sports at which they "excelled". You may be on the right track re Harry, or not. In the scheme of things, he's a source of chuckles, and little more. I do know that professional team sports are an irritant to some of the professional union people I know (people actually running unions, not flitting around the periphery as he does), because professional team sports fly in the face of a great deal that unions believe in. Through their so-called "Players Associations", pro athletes have managed to effect the fiscal extortion that is so common among all large unions, but they can't seem to break this whole performance issue. Pro sports and entertainment (is that a redundancy?) are the only two major unionized areas where performance remains paramount. If you can't show results better than most of your peers, you fail. Period. And you disappear. This is nigglingly bothersome to unions, because their credo dictates everything be collective -- like a pure form of communism. No individual is given accolades as hero, and no individual is responsible for failure. In a broader sense, it is noteworthy that these two areas -- pro sports and entertainment -- are virtually the only areas where no form of affirmative action has been applied, and these are the areas where minority participants have proven overwhelmingly successful. Collective protection is not an incentive to stellar performance. |
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John Gaquin wrote: .....I do know that professional team sports are an irritant to some of the professional union people I know.... because professional team sports fly in the face of a great deal that unions believe in. "Harry Krause" wrote in message ....I'm not aware of any particularly widespread animosity in the union movement towards the sports unions, ...... That's not what I said. Nice try. Reread, above. |
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John H wrote in message . ..
On 3 Feb 2004 04:10:15 -0800, (basskisser) wrote: What a bunch of pure horse****, mixed with wild, unfounded allegations. Typical of your type, not a bit based on fact. Why would you call Janet a pig, bitch, and a whore? There are stories around about how well she treats her hired help, therefore the bitch part is unfounded. A whore? Please provide any evidence that she sells her body. Timberlake a fag? Have any facts to back THAT up? And no, I don't care for the stylings of either, but I'm much too good rant wild allegations that have no basis of fact. Uh, basskisser, didn't you write the following? "You ****ing idiot!!! Do you not think that outboard motors need to be distributed? Hmm, here's a thought you dolt, maybe that distribution of those outboards........are through distribution centers...ya think? Now, the centers are wholly owned and operated by Yamaha Motors, U.S.A. and use union labor. My orginal "yamaha has plants in the U.S. and they use organized labor" is valid, and correct." Doesn't that fit the "...wild allegations that have no basis in fact"? John H Sorry, John, but I guess you don't understand English. I said, "Yamaha has plants in the U.S. and they use organized labor". That statement is nothing of an allegation, it is fact. |
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