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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 21:28:15 -0800
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From: Joe Surfer <vigil@mail.sdsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Super-Bowl
At 07:50 AM 1/26/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Since the 31st Super bowl will be played later the day, 

Last year I was on a Marxist / Left mailing list and someone presented the
Superbowl as a great big homo-erotic ritual. Come on, look at all the
friendly pats on the rear... The posts were flying back and forth on that
with subject lines like "heyyy... who are you calling a homo...?". 

It spawned a parallel thread on "does pro-sports promote domestic violence"
with the claim that spousal / child abuse skyrockets immediately before,
during and after the big games. Both threads went on for weeks if not two
months.

I leave you with a few lyrics from a band called The Rugburns, a song called
Football Tonight. I think **** ITS SATIRE PEOPLE ****

Sweep up the kitchen
hurry and do the dishes
bring me a beer maybe
I'll let you go out with your other bitches

Sweep up the kitchen
could you turn out the goddamn lights
FETCH me the remote control
we got FOOTBALL TONIGHT