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: fe7ce,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe7ce,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-08 11:35:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C64286A.3060202@mindspring.NS.com> From: Jonathan Ball User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:0.9.2) Gecko/20010726 Netscape6/6.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian,alt.politics.socialism,alt.seduction.fast,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: drsquare is a useless troll was Re: What does everyone reckon our chances are for the Euro 2004 qualifying? References: <3C5AC13B.9060609@mindspring.NS.com> <0lhl5ugo85pjshh3t861eimu9gq7n7tumk@4ax.com> <3C5ACEF7.1010005@earthlink.NS.net> <3C5D92E7.2070002@mindspring.NS.com> <3C5EBF1A.8070808@earthlink.NS.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 81 Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 19:35:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.32.17.92 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1013196906 66.32.17.92 (Fri, 08 Feb 2002 11:35:06 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 11:35:06 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 11:35:05 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14506 alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian:36111 alt.politics.socialism:15415 alt.seduction.fast:76187 comp.os.linux.advocacy:189876 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. > > 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.