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“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence.”

Today is George Orwell’s birthday.

Margaret Soltan, June 25, 2012 7:06AM
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2 Responses to ““Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence.””

adam Says:
June 26th, 2012 at 3:24AM
Not even Orwell could do justice to the vicious aggression and turfiness of professional philosophers, however. As here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrShK-NVMIU
adam Says:
June 26th, 2012 at 3:31AM
Sorry about the bad link… this one should work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92vV3QGagck

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