10-11-2006, 11:19 PM
It is equally insulting to assume that all who enjoy watching spectator sports are brain-dead morons who can only find enjoyment in the more seemier aspects of the human condition, like the discharge of bodily fluids or guys getting kicked in the nads (not that there's nothing enjoyable about THAT!).
Who assumed that? We're not talking about ultimate fighting or "pro" "wrestling" so seaminess is not the issue.
However, I'm really sick of that "you just don't understand the game" crap. It IS insulting, and based on a faulty assumption anyway: that understanding something means you will automatically like it. If you want to spend huge chunks of time watching baseball, that's up to you. But don't assume that it's exciting to everyone, or that those who don't want to spend time that way are too ignorant to enjoy it.
I certainly don't understand everything about football, nor do I want to, but I sometimes enjoy watching it regardless. I enjoy it far less than I used to, though, because these days commercial interruptions ruin the pace of the game and announcers can't stop their inane blather for even a millisecond. And then there's John Madden. WHY is there John Madden?
Also, while we're picking nits, tobacco juice dribble isn't really a bodily fluid, although there must be some spit in it.
Who assumed that? We're not talking about ultimate fighting or "pro" "wrestling" so seaminess is not the issue.
However, I'm really sick of that "you just don't understand the game" crap. It IS insulting, and based on a faulty assumption anyway: that understanding something means you will automatically like it. If you want to spend huge chunks of time watching baseball, that's up to you. But don't assume that it's exciting to everyone, or that those who don't want to spend time that way are too ignorant to enjoy it.
I certainly don't understand everything about football, nor do I want to, but I sometimes enjoy watching it regardless. I enjoy it far less than I used to, though, because these days commercial interruptions ruin the pace of the game and announcers can't stop their inane blather for even a millisecond. And then there's John Madden. WHY is there John Madden?
Also, while we're picking nits, tobacco juice dribble isn't really a bodily fluid, although there must be some spit in it.