Re: Job Offer

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:37:40 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:36:03 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
>

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:15:20 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>

I never understood why some people like to watch people they don't
know play with their balls.... or ride their bicycles.

>
Sports are battle simulations much like the gladiatorial contests of
ancient Rome.  The only difference is that the participants of today's
sports contests are more likely to survive.  Bicycle races are similar
except the participants sometimes engage in limited combat.
<https://www.google.com/search?q=bicycle%20jousting&udm=2>

I think you over simplify.

I agree.  I was in a hurry to leave for lunch with some friends and
did not have sufficient time to embellish my comments with details and
references.  So, I just provided my main talking point and ran away.

I well remember tree climbing contests when
I was in grade school and the girls had rope skipping contests.
And the Olympic "games" that dated back to something like 770 BCE were
initially a religious affair.
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I believe it is more accurate to say that mankind has an inborn desire
to be first. In whatever activity, not solely war.

I agree.  However, the form that this competition takes seem to
parallel similar forms found in warfare.  For example, the early
Olympic competition featured athletic games that would all have been
useful in warfare.  (Javelin, discus, long jump and hammer).  I'm not
sure what you mean by "religious affair".  Games and battles have
always included ceremonial requests that the gods provide the
participants with victory or survival.

"Day Three: Sacrifices (Hecatomb) and feast"
<https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/the-ancient-olympics-bridging-past-and-present/content-section-7>
We no longer sacrifice 100 bulls at the Olympic Games.  Emptying the
treasury of the host city or country is a tolerable substitute.




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