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  • You forgot to mention one thing: no sober fan has ever done any of those things when their team won. Of course, most fans would never do any of those things anyway, sober or not, and the team certainly doesn't condone it.

    Sports bring out the best in people more than they bring out the worst. You don't have to look further than the recent Disney movie about the 1980 Olympic Ice Hockey game, that in a very real sense gave this whole country the spark of pride and optimism that it needed at that troubling t
    • Sports bring out the best in people more than they bring out the worst.
      Well I guess that pretty much excuses it. I love it when you wink.
      • Well I guess that pretty much excuses it.

        It does? Why do you think the fact that sports brings out the good in people excuses the people who do bad things?

        You really have a warped view of the world, thinking those riotous actions are excusable. I pity you.

        • Re:Um (Score:1)

          by jdporter (36) on 2004.10.27 12:47 (#35587) Homepage Journal
          Why do you think the fact that sports brings out the good in people excuses the people who do bad things?
          Only because you said so. And I hope your failure to parse my sarcasm correctly was unintentional... but I'm afraid I may be disappointed.
          • There's a difference between being sarcastic and being an asshole. I once used to hope you could tell the difference, but I disappointedly abandoned that hope long ago.
            • The difference is this: Being sarcastic is being an a-hole while making a point. If you miss the point -- as you apparently have -- all you see is the a-hole part.
              • It's not that I am denying you have a point, it is that I know how much of an asshole you are, and I therefore ignore everything you have to say because of that. I couldn't care less what you think about ... well, anything at all.
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