Dylan,
You're not the only one. I normally have zero interest in football, but
found myself cheering England on against Argentina and Denmark.
Perhaps the 'us v them'/tribalism/nationalism is wired a bit deeper in our
brains than we realised.
Andy Brice
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dylan Sunter" <dylan.sunter@fisystem.com>
To: <virus@lucifer.com>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 04:18
Subject: RE: virus: world cup 2002
> The meme of World Cup football, how bizarre.
>
> Even as a committed
person-not-in-the-slightest-bit-interested-in-football,
> I find myself strangely drawn to how England are doing, to the point where
I
> actually watched a whole England game the other day, and found myself
> ecstatic that they got through.
>
> So what is it with the world cup that entralls us? (mainly in europe...im
> informed its nowhere near as "important" a sporting event in the US as it
is
> this side of the pond). Is it patriotic fervour, is it simple
> competativeness, is it the sense of something big which the whole world
can
> compete in, even developing nations and countries with sociolical problems
> to superpowers...
>
> PLease help, I find myself in the unfortunate position of thinking that
> Englands Pride rests with David Beckham, a man with the IQ of a
horseradish.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com]On Behalf
> Of Jonathan Davis
> Sent: 17 June 2002 11:27
> To: virus@lucifer.com
> Subject: Re: virus: world cup 2002
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dr Sebby" <drsebby@hotmail.com>
> To: <virus@lucifer.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:35 AM
> Subject: virus: world cup 2002
>
>
> >my prediction: 3 - 1 brasil
>
> Your havin a larf....2 - 1 England
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