2012 Olympics

[TheGayTent]

The other one people keep saying is corporate sits were not taken, also untrue as it was the different olympic commitees that didn't take the sits.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

I'd hoped evolution would help us move away from life being a competition... is it still down to the survival of the fittest? Really?

[Ed209]

And in competitive team sports you work *for* your other team mates, just as much as you compete against the opposition ...

[kaosmark2]

And in competitive team sports you work *for* your other team mates, just as much as you compete against the opposition ...

[fred quimby]

Professional football, especially where all the money is, is an interesting example of how competing 'could' be a good thing. But all it does is promote the ethic that you can cheat, foul, do anything as long as you don't get caught, to win.

Competing at a certain level is part of the game. There's not much point in playing if you don't try to win. But does it have to be such a disaster to lose?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

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Competing at a certain level is part of the game. There's not much point in playing if you don't try to win. But does it have to be such a disaster to lose?

[kaosmark2]

I'm not into football but a few of my brothers are. When their team (da Villa) didn't win something a fair while ago one of my brothers was really down about it. I tried explaining that it was only football and nothing to get so involved in that it would bring you down. His response was that I didn't know what a high it was when they won something noteable. Make of all that what you will.

[TheGayTent]

It's why supporting a shit team gives you bigger highs than supporting a team that wins all the time.

[TheGayTent]

but not very often...?

[bunique]

but not very often...?