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I found something interesting and/or entertaining in every stage.
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In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
"Michael Press" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
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"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer
rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their
legs, and are tyrants over their teachers."Attributed to Socrates via Plato.
But didn't they execute Socrates for being a "bad influence" on
youth?Yes. He had his tongue in his cheek when _he_ said it.
For the most part wasted on this ng.
Yet consider the residuum: the audience for irony, not the mystified.
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Michael Press -
In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
"Michael Press" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:
In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer
rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their
legs, and are tyrants over their teachers."Attributed to Socrates via Plato.
But didn't they execute Socrates for being a "bad influence" on
youth?Yes. He had his tongue in his cheek when _he_ said it.
For the most part wasted on this ng.
Yet consider the residuum: the audience for irony, not the mystified.
--
Michael Press -
In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
"Michael Press" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:
In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer
rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their
legs, and are tyrants over their teachers."Attributed to Socrates via Plato.
But didn't they execute Socrates for being a "bad influence" on
youth?Yes. He had his tongue in his cheek when _he_ said it.
For the most part wasted on this ng.
Yet consider the residuum: the audience for irony, not the mystified.
--
Michael Press -
In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
"Michael Press" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:
In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer
rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their
legs, and are tyrants over their teachers."Attributed to Socrates via Plato.
But didn't they execute Socrates for being a "bad influence" on
youth?Yes. He had his tongue in his cheek when _he_ said it.
For the most part wasted on this ng.
Yet consider the residuum: the audience for irony, not the mystified.
--
Michael Press -
In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
"Michael Press" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:
In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer
rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their
legs, and are tyrants over their teachers."Attributed to Socrates via Plato.
But didn't they execute Socrates for being a "bad influence" on
youth?Yes. He had his tongue in his cheek when _he_ said it.
For the most part wasted on this ng.
Yet consider the residuum: the audience for irony, not the mystified.
--
Michael Press -
In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
"Michael Press" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:
In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer
rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their
legs, and are tyrants over their teachers."Attributed to Socrates via Plato.
But didn't they execute Socrates for being a "bad influence" on
youth?Yes. He had his tongue in his cheek when _he_ said it.
For the most part wasted on this ng.
Yet consider the residuum: the audience for irony, not the mystified.
--
Michael Press -
In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
"Michael Press" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:
In article <[email hidden]>,
Philip Holman said:
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer
rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their
legs, and are tyrants over their teachers."Attributed to Socrates via Plato.
But didn't they execute Socrates for being a "bad influence" on
youth?Yes. He had his tongue in his cheek when _he_ said it.
For the most part wasted on this ng.
Yet consider the residuum: the audience for irony, not the mystified.
--
Michael Press -
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I found something interesting and/or entertaining in every stage.
The podium girls ?
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Quoted message said:
I found something interesting and/or entertaining in every stage.
The podium girls ?
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Quoted message said:
I found something interesting and/or entertaining in every stage.
The podium girls ?
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Quoted message said:
I found something interesting and/or entertaining in every stage.
The podium girls ?
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Quoted message said:
I found something interesting and/or entertaining in every stage.
The podium girls ?
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Quoted message said:
I found something interesting and/or entertaining in every stage.
The podium girls ?
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Quoted message said:
I found something interesting and/or entertaining in every stage.
The podium girls ?
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Donald Munro said:
Quoted message said:
I found something interesting and/or entertaining in every stage.
The podium girls ?
There are always good moments of drama, individual triumphs etc: georg
totschnig's stage win, poor Mengin's huge crash (Thrill of victory,
agony of defeat etc), Jan's near win in the last TT. However, overall
there was not the suspense that you want in a sports event. Why is it
so great when one person dominates? Didn't people get annoyed at that
guy who kept winning Jeopardy?I think with cycling, we'll watch races over and over even though we
know who wins,because of those great moments. We still love it even if
there isn't the suspense- that's probably why when one person
dominates, we don't mind it so much. -
Donald Munro said:
Quoted message said:
I found something interesting and/or entertaining in every stage.
The podium girls ?
There are always good moments of drama, individual triumphs etc: georg
totschnig's stage win, poor Mengin's huge crash (Thrill of victory,
agony of defeat etc), Jan's near win in the last TT. However, overall
there was not the suspense that you want in a sports event. Why is it
so great when one person dominates? Didn't people get annoyed at that
guy who kept winning Jeopardy?I think with cycling, we'll watch races over and over even though we
know who wins,because of those great moments. We still love it even if
there isn't the suspense- that's probably why when one person
dominates, we don't mind it so much. -
Donald Munro said:
Quoted message said:
I found something interesting and/or entertaining in every stage.
The podium girls ?
There are always good moments of drama, individual triumphs etc: georg
totschnig's stage win, poor Mengin's huge crash (Thrill of victory,
agony of defeat etc), Jan's near win in the last TT. However, overall
there was not the suspense that you want in a sports event. Why is it
so great when one person dominates? Didn't people get annoyed at that
guy who kept winning Jeopardy?I think with cycling, we'll watch races over and over even though we
know who wins,because of those great moments. We still love it even if
there isn't the suspense- that's probably why when one person
dominates, we don't mind it so much. -
Donald Munro said:
Quoted message said:
I found something interesting and/or entertaining in every stage.
The podium girls ?
There are always good moments of drama, individual triumphs etc: georg
totschnig's stage win, poor Mengin's huge crash (Thrill of victory,
agony of defeat etc), Jan's near win in the last TT. However, overall
there was not the suspense that you want in a sports event. Why is it
so great when one person dominates? Didn't people get annoyed at that
guy who kept winning Jeopardy?I think with cycling, we'll watch races over and over even though we
know who wins,because of those great moments. We still love it even if
there isn't the suspense- that's probably why when one person
dominates, we don't mind it so much.
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