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"MoParMan" > wrote in message
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> "Mercellus Bohren" > wrote in message
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>> On Aug 29, 6:45 pm, Viper > wrote:
>>> On 30/08/2010 8:51 AM, Peter Lucas wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>> > Time to ''spill my guts'' so to speak;
>>>
>>> > I dont hate soccer, I just think it a sport that is mainly fun for
>>> > kids to play, but lacks the detail and exitment that make for a great
>>> > spectater sports for grown adults. In Australia, interest in soccer is
>>> > high for children under 10 and then drops off gradually as kids get
>>> > older, and by the time kids reach adulthood, they genarally have no
>>> > further interest in the game.
>>>
>>> > Soccer or ''football'' is big as a sport for kids in our country, but
>>> > the sport has failed again and again to cross over into popularity
>>> > either on the television or at the stadiums. The game draws very few
>>> > spectaters and the professional leauue here is forever on the brink of
>>> > collapse. We tend not to be interested in sports that attract
>>> > hooligans and riots and lacks much stratagy. Why this (riots and
>>> > violence) is so essential to the british version of the game we will
>>> > never know. In Australia, spectater sports are family events, with a
>>> > wholesome emphasis on community.
>>>
>>> > There must be a way eliminate the hooligan element from the british
>>> > culture so to advance the games image world wide? Ideas please?
>>>
>>> > --
>>> > Peter Lucas
>>> > Brisbane
>>> > Australia
>>>
>>> What a strange array of cross posting destinations. Ah well, you're sure
>>> to rouse a few malformed cells from the bottom of a couple of gene pools
>>>
>>> Viper

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>> Ah, the "pointing out unique x-posted groups and then insulting them"
>> post.

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> Crank or Crack?


Or Cack.