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Thurston Howell IV (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:39 AM Original message |
Are Sports the New Opiate of the People? |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, in this country, it has been... |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sports is one of them. It's like all the other marketing scams |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. It always has been... |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 10:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Exactly. Keep the WORKING DOPES all excited |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Bread and circuses |
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Thurston Howell IV (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Christians emulating the Romans |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 11:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That's EXACTLY what I was going to say |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't know if I would call it that |
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Thurston Howell IV (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 03:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Media sports play a very different role than sports traditionally |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've been calling sports the opiate of the people |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-19-04 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. I stay informed AND watch sports, btw, GO FALCONS! |
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