X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f4f17,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4f17,public X-Google-Thread: fc9f9,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc9f9,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: fe7ce,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe7ce,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-11 14:20:26 PST Message-ID: <3c642e43_3@nopics.sjc> From: Kenneth Downs Subject: Re: drsquare is a useless troll was Re: What does everyone reckon our chances are for the Euro 2004 qualifying? Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian,alt.politics.socialism,alt.seduction.fast,comp.os.linux.advocacy Followup-To: alt.ascii-art Reply-To: extra@downsfam.net Mail-Copies-To: extra@downsfam.net Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 14:57:55 -0500 References: <3C5EBF1A.8070808@earthlink.NS.net> <3C64286A.3060202@mindspring.NS.com> Lines: 97 Organization: Downs Family User-Agent: KNode/0.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit NNTP-Posting-Host: nopics.sjc Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!hub1.nntpserver.com!telocity-west!DirecTV-DSL!nopics.sjc!directvdsl.com Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14586 alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian:36499 alt.politics.socialism:15479 alt.seduction.fast:76696 comp.os.linux.advocacy:191699 Jonathan Ball wrote: > Mark Kent wrote: > >> Jonathan Ball espoused: >> >>>drsquare wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Sun, 03 Feb 2002 19:43:47 GMT, in alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, >>>> (Jonathan Ball ) wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>drsquare wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>So what? All they have to do is smack it down the pitch with those >>>>>>sticks like in golf. The only thing stopping them from scoring from >>>>>>the other end of the pitch is all that padding. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>You don't know what you're talking about. Any idiot >>>>>can run around on a field kicking at something; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Then why don't you take it up? You could make �50,000 a week. >>>> >>>I didn't say I could do it well enough to make money at >>>it. But I can *basically* do it, with no training. >>>You couldn't skate down the ice if your life depended >>>on it. >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>>>even >>>>>you can probably do it. Let's see you even *stand* on >>>>>ice skates, let alone take a shot at the puck without >>>>>landing on your fat ass. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>How could I, seeing as I have never ice-skated or played ice-hockey >>>>before? >>>> >>>Well, there you go. Any human being capable of basic >>>jogging, for christ's sake, can dribble a soccer ball >>>down a field. Not with a skilled defender trying to >>>take it away from him, of course, but simply basic >>>kicking the ball down the goddamned field. Ice hockey >>>takes a whole extra set of skills, way beyond what Joe >>>Sixpack - you - have. >>> >>> >> >> It took my 5 year old kid about 3 hours to learn how >> to stay up on skates and get around - it took about >> 2 years to learn how to walk, let alone kick a ball >> at the same time, or even control it in some way. > > What a fatuous comparison! There is *no* comparison > between the motor skills of a toddler, and those of a 5 > year old. > > And what was the defect in your kid that it took him > two years to walk? I have a 15 month old boy at home, > and he began walking a week before turning 9 months. > He now walks, almost runs, with gusto. And he can kick > a ball, with a surprising degree of control. > > You need to take your kid to a specialist. Temper temper. The normal age for a child to learn to walk is 9-16 months. There is no association between early walking and any achievements at all later in life. The standard answer that pediatricians give to parents who are nervous that their 12-month old is not walking is: They all walk and talk the same by kindergarten. > > >> >> Football is an extremely skillful game - your own lack >> of knowledge about it doesn't make it less so. > > Your lack of reading comprehension makes you look > rather stupid. I didn't say or even suggest that > soccer/football doesn't require skill. I said I find > it rather boring. I do feel, however, that it requires > far, far less skill than ice hockey. -- Ken oSigBlock = createobject("sigblock")