----- Original Message ----- From: "malmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 9:15 PM Subject: RE: t-and-f: Mistreatment of Fans at Olympic Trials
> > Sorry pal, you are "me-generation jerk." You do not speak for anyone except > for yourself. The rest of us know better than to force our wants on you. > > If you don't like seeing results don't connect to media - especially the > internet. No matter how loud you cry about it, you will not get your way. > > From Drew Eckmann, who forgot how to join the list: > > Before they riot and kill people, are all of the English football/soccer > fans sitting down for the matches? Are those behind them apt to complain. > There's something called 'go with the flow' which is more often than not > quite easy to recognize. If something exciting is happening or is about to > happen(Four together at the bell lap)it is totally appropriate to stand and > cheer. If you're sitting behind, get up. I don't know anyone who goes to any > kind of sporting event (tennis, maybe)who expects to sit for the entire > proceeding. Are fans at the World Cup soccer final threatened with arrest if > they stand after the equaliser? How about a heavyweight title fight when the > champ is in trouble in the 6th round? Michael Johnson runs 43.18, stay in > your seat, right? If you were watching the U.S. Super Bowl and your team > scored the go-ahead points late in the game would you expect those in front > of you to stay seated? Don't think so. Why should track be different? "They > said sit down, I stood up" -Bruce Springsteen > >> Let's keep these people out of Philadelphia in late April. They'd definitely hate the 'woo factor'. Steve S.
