h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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Sorky
Interesting that 480 deaths a year could go by unremarked in the international press.

And thats not to the Monday bit neither. At High School games?

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Having had a thunk about it, it's probably not so surprising a bit like the way that public transport accidents get large scale coverage despite the fact that many more are killed on the roads every day.

It is a shame that people can be so destructive while viewing a game. As much as I am a fan of a particular sport, I would never riot due to the outcome of the match. At first the number of deaths attributed seemed high, but now that i htink of it I hear about instances like this all to often. Fathers of children getting into fist fights over the outcome of a game, people storming onto a field (court, whatever) upon winning a championship only to trample an unsuspecting child. I can easily see this occuring far too often.

Sporky left out the vital angry-parent-killing-another-angry-parent-over-their-child's-sporting-game statistics, which are always an important part of any extracurricular activity for American children.

I hope someone has turned the mulch outside. All those calling cards must be stifling the organic breakdown process. Perhaps we should add an egg and some coffee grounds.

I was shocked when Sporky came out with that figure, our press always go on about how badly behaved UK soccer crowds are compared with US sporting events.

Now I'm just getting a feeling of deja vue, is it the same all the way round the world?

I think that over here, the violence is largely confined to games involving school- and college-age children, rather than professional sporting events. Not that there aren't any on that level, but most of the fights break out amongst the kids and their "parents".

I suppose I could give an example. Earlier this year, we had a case in Massachusettes where one father killed another father during the course of their sons' ice hockey game. One felt the other was getting too obnoxious, or didn't like a referee's particular call and the resulting score, or something similar like that. Anywho, the smaller of the two fathers challenged the larger one, or vice versa, and one of them got their head bashed in and the other got a trip to the prison.

Now that I look at this, I realize this wasn't a very good example as I cannot remember all the details. But you get the gist of what goes on over here...

Sounds oh too familiar to here

Although in the most recent case I can think of
With 2 parents up before for the beak after "a lively physical discussion" allegedly initiated over minor foul on the pitch between their two sons.
Just as well the two idiots didn't have any weapons to hand or it could have landed up with much the same result as you described, rather than black eye's, bruises and a fine from the magistrates to both parties.

When I signed my 10 year old daughter up for the basketball team last fall, the town Recreation Dept made all the parents sit through a 40 minute video on proper behavior of parents at sporting events. At least they are trying to control it.

Parents who break the rules are subject to ejection from the event along with their kids.

I can o0nly hope that parents learn some manners. Parents that live vicariously through the exploits of their children always make me sad.

Wasn't Jelana Docjik's(sp?) father ejected from the court at some grand slam tournament a year or so back. So it's not just at the high school field

aw, come on! isn't mindless, bloodthirsty violence a tenet of american society? sure seems like it sometimes.... *sigh*

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Well, it has been said that sport is a channel for agression, a way to safely discharge those instinctive violent urges. Although I always thought that theory applied mostly to the participants. Besides, I tend to discount that theory, since I personally don't have violent urges (well, not strong ones, anyway ). Seems lots of others do, though, and have trouble controling them.

I never could understand the importance some people attach to sports. Sure it's fun to play or watch a game, but, really, what difference does it make if team A or team B wins the Stanley Cup, or the Superbowl, or the World Cup. Next year (or in 4 years) it just all starts again. Individual games can be worth watching, to see the skill of the players, but the final outcome isn't really that important. I guess I'm an "enjoy the journey" kind of person rather than a "focus on the destination" kind of person.

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- playing with her new office shredder

And as an aside from the current topic of conversation, this one just struck me...
Why is it that whenever you spot something floating in your drink (dust, hair, fly or general stuff) you can never manage to get it out.
Perhaps you should look at sorting something out to solve the problem Affy/GL

bloodthirsty-yeah maybe.
mindless-never
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