> Then we agree. Sports stadiums have no ROI and the public shouldn't > support your hobby. I don't ask you to pay for my car and you > shouldn't ask me to pay for your sports obsession.
No, we don't agree :) My enthusiastic enjoyment of professional sports at a professional stadium is a huge ROI as far as i'm concerned. Is it different than building a convention center or public park? > > As to schools, these do have an ROI, and are not just a hobby, so > apples an oranges there. I think our public education right now stinks....but yes, there is a vested interest in quality schools. > > BTW - what is it with sports fans, anyway? Why is it worth so much to > you? I like football, I like tennis, I like extreme sports. I > watched almost all of the x-games finals this weekend. But I would > pay very little for any of it. To me, unless you're doing it, it's > just mindless entertainment. What are you passionate about? Have you tried explaining your passions to someone who doesn't share them? It's damn near impossible. Same is true here. I love playing sports, and I love watching those sports played at an extremely high level. I could try to explain the reasons......but in the end, I just love what I love, ya know? > > You can make all of the strategy arguments, but how is it more than a > exhibition? "look what I can do!" It's fun to watch, you marvel at > the talent, at that's it. There's no lasting value. If you play > sports, that's different , you learn stuff. Maybe character, life > lessons, or just a better technique to apply yourself. It's an exhibition. ALL of the great forms of entertainment are exhibitions. You can reduce all of them to the absurd if you want....but what's the point? You are entertained by exhibitions, and you can't always explain why. I mean...why do some people watch reality TV shows or go to country music concerts??? > > It's seems equivlent to pr0n: you watch it, marvel at the talent, get > a little thrill maybe, and move on It's equivalent to all forms of entertainment. You watch, marvel, get a thrill, move on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168594 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
