i quite agree. but given that many people are prone to violent urges, aren't sports a reasonable and constructive outlet for them, as opposed to war which is both destructive and outside the bounds of reason?
(mind, i say this as someone whose primary "sports" are aikido and horsemanship....)
Oh yes, I think sports are far more constructive than actual violence. I just don't think that the violence is repressed in a lot of people.
I think we, as a species, needed a certain amount of violence to survive. THat need is lessened as time has gone by, but has not been "bred out". That will take much, MUCH longer.
this is rugby, which I think everyone calls rugby. Not so much confusion as with the term 'football.' But I could be wrong since I'm a heathen American. :)
I believe the All-Blacks are a rugby team, not a soccer/football team.
Rugby is a far more violent game than soccer/football, Zinedine Zidane nonwithstanding. It's significantly more violent than American football, more on the level of hockey during its . . . interesting periods.
As such, war dances are extremely appropriate.
Look -- upthread, y'all are discussing how sports may be a way to sublimate the desire for the violence of war. But, see, war itself is a way to sublimate the desire for the violence of rugby.
Why, yes, it is rugby; that is the NZ national team (All Blacks! All Blacks!) doing the haka. I watched them play England in high school, in England at Twickenham Stadium; sadly, they didn't do the haka that match.
I played rugby in high school and college; unfortunately most of the matches (never 'games' :-) are on after my nominal bedtime.
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i've often wondered if actual war represented an outlet for a repressed need for sports.
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(mind, i say this as someone whose primary "sports" are aikido and horsemanship....)
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I think we, as a species, needed a certain amount of violence to survive. THat need is lessened as time has gone by, but has not been "bred out". That will take much, MUCH longer.
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Rugby is a far more violent game than soccer/football, Zinedine Zidane nonwithstanding. It's significantly more violent than American football, more on the level of hockey during its . . . interesting periods.
As such, war dances are extremely appropriate.
Look -- upthread, y'all are discussing how sports may be a way to sublimate the desire for the violence of war. But, see, war itself is a way to sublimate the desire for the violence of rugby.
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If that's the 2003 Rugby World Cup, I believe I saw that live as it was broadcast. Incredibly powerful.
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I played rugby in high school and college; unfortunately most of the matches (never 'games' :-) are on after my nominal bedtime.
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