On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:11:31 -0000, "JohnT"
wrote:
>"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
>news:fs95la12jsp@news1.newsguy.com...
>>
>>
>> Mxsmanic wrote:
>>> EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes:
>>>
>>>> I seem to recall a few serious political incidents involving the Olympic
>>>> Games! (Although admittedly, the sports themselves were incidental -
>>>> they were simply the convenient venue for the "world-changing" element.)
>>>
>>> As you say, the sports were incidental. Sports are unusual in that a
>>> great
>>> deal of money is involved in the industry but it makes absolutely no
>>> lasting
>>> dent on society. I've always been intrigued by that.
>>
>> Considering the intelligence of the "average" sports fan, can you wonder?
>
>
>I am a keen supporter of Newcastle United F.C. and of Newcastle Falcons and
>of Durham County Cricket Club. And I consider myself to be of more than
>average intelligence. (As Mandy Rice-Davies said, well I would, wouldn't I).
>So your point is?
Her point is she's an intellectual snob (without actually being an
intellectual, of course) that looks down on anything she doesn't like
or participate in herself, so, of course, those who do are, by
definition, inferior and below average. That's her point. |