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Britethorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 02:02 PM Original message |
Get Rid of Sports |
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loveable liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hate Music, Art, Math, Social Sciences, Languages and Science |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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DWilliamsamh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Actually neither did I. |
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Britethorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Wounded Ego |
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lakercub (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. don't tell people what to like...or how much to like it |
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DWilliamsamh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
73. In your OPINION |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. You should watch- it's as reasoned an approach as i've heard to date. |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. That's interesting |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
68. I saw it differently |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
67. The point to his rant was |
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DWilliamsamh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. Neither do art or music classes. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. beg to differ about the number of musicians and artists |
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DWilliamsamh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. If there is a physical education program |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. because in some school districts, |
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DWilliamsamh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Well then you should be fighting for more funding |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow, if anyone should hate sports it should be someone like myself; |
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Britethorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. A nut? |
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rep the dems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. So then why are you defending a guy who just thinks we should cut |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. He IS that guy. |
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rep the dems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Oh wow. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
69. Athletic programs aren't physical education |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Get over yourself. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Then don't watch. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. I agree completely with the OP. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. I agree but it's not going to happen. |
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Britethorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Funding |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Did not know that. |
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prairierose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
79. They use accounting tricks to make it look like... |
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DaDeacon (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. Lose on facts .... |
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HelenWheels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
70. There's not way they bring in enough money to cover the costs |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. I live right beside a high school football field. I see sprinklers on in the middle |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. "Oh, but sports encourage teamwork and good sportsmanship." |
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rep the dems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. That's just not true. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. That doesn't play into the DU narrative. |
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rep the dems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Absolutely agree with everything you said. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Oh, right, because someone who doesn't like sports |
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rep the dems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Not what I said at all. nt |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. I've thought sports was a waste of time long before DU... |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I hope you don't watch movies, either. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Movies (and books) require IMAGINATION... |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. I guess you haven't seen a Michael Bay movie. |
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rep the dems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Thanks for proving what we were saying about small mindedness. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. That particular interest? |
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rep the dems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Go back to Free Republic. nt |
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DWilliamsamh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
76. And your opinion about those who like sports would be qualitatively different how? |
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DWilliamsamh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
75. Wow... talk about generalizations. That was worthy in tone of the best anti-imigrant rants..... |
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DWilliamsamh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ok I know this is immature: Want some cheese with that wine? |
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Britethorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Rallies |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. I don't know what school you attended, but ours were never mandatory. |
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DWilliamsamh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
71. Rallies |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. I have issues with this. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Boys....gives so many BOYS that chance, not girls as a rule. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. That isn't the issue we're talking about, though. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. There's still no way I'm going to make my girls sit through "pep rallies"... |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I'm not talking pep rallies. |
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DWilliamsamh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
72. Um...never heard of women's sports scholarships? |
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Britethorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Money |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Then let's just scrap everything. |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. It would as great as you say it is if athletic programs taught children how to think. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. lol |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. have you heard about Jose Antonio Abreu founding El Sistema (the system)? |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. That's fine for people who like music. |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Did you watch his talk? He addresses the very thing you feel needed for children of poverty... |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I'm not attacking funding the arts. |
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DWilliamsamh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
77. Some schools fund teh arts MORE than sports. Some fund sports more. |
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DaDeacon (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
83. Or it can teach.... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. He is talking straight out of his ass. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
51. Right, because that's why we went to school... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Your right. Those kids will never get those 45 minutes a semester back. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. 45 minutes a semester? |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Geez, your right. That's like a whole 8 hours a year. |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. I AGREE I HATE SPORTS TOO - I USED TO LIKE WATCHING |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. Fuck sports. It teaches nothing but "Win at all cost- and you are shit if you lose." |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
54. Well, that and good sportsmanship, team work, goal setting... |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Sure it does. Which is why so many former jocks are such useful citizens... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. What a stupid and ignorant statement. |
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DWilliamsamh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. Oh wait.... |
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DaDeacon (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #61 |
85. Yeah like the president. Your logic = FAIL! lol n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. People in this thread are funny. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. All sports programs in public schools should be abolished. nt |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Along with music, dance, art, theatre... |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. music, dance, art and theatre ARE abolished in public schools- by lack of funds. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. No they're not. |
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rep the dems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Care to give a reasonable explanation for why you feel this way? nt |
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SanchoPanza (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
55. Ugh |
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DaDeacon (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
86. Well said ! BEST POST ! |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
66. My high school only had a basketball team |
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osaMABUSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
88. Way too much emphasis on HS athletics and 'scholarhips' |
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