NASCAR luvs Jesus

[Seany-D]

Hmmm ... I knew there was a reason I didn't do NASCAR ... welll, maybe it's just 'cause they drive around in a circle.

sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/racing/specials/daytona500/2004/02/10/bc.car.racing.religion.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

Sean "wonders if someone could fit a Darwin Fish on a bumper" Davis

[profdunebastard]

You would think christians wouln't readily endorse such a pointless, banal, dangerous sport.

Of course, they did like feeding people to lions. They also really seem to like football....

Ian "The fastest way to heaven" Thompson

[FishBait]

christians = stupid
nascar = stupid
therefore christians like nascar

it's makes perfect sense

[Seany-D]

profdunebastard said:

You would think christians wouln't readily endorse such a pointless, banal, dangerous sport.

Of course, they did like feeding people to lions. They also really seem to like football....

Your point (on football), dear laddie?

Sean "going deep" Davis

[profdunebastard]

I think you readily get my point. Football, or more accurately, its apparently hallowed place in American Society, is silly.

[ebonywnd]

While it is true that football has an uncomfortably large spot in American society, I would rather watch twenty games of it than one game or show of any of the following:

Wrestling
Boxing
Nascar
Hockey
Races of any type

I am sure there are others..I just can't think of them at the moment.

[Ravenlock]

Stupid frellin Nascar.

[Seany-D]

profdunebastard said:

I think you readily get my point. Football, or more accurately, its apparently hallowed place in American Society, is silly.

Alright, I'm looking to pick a fight on somthing relatively unimportant. Back up your statment ... punk.

Sean "I'll QB this one" Davis

[Valvilis]

It's been almost three years now since I wrote a rather lengthy exploration I titled, "On Beer, Jesus, and Nascar: what's wrong with America today." And every word of it is as true now as it was then.

[profdunebastard]

Professional sports in general are pretty pointless. They do aid in catharsis, helping the country sigh collective sighs of relief, and they are in and of themselves generally a good thing. If people want to play and watch then go for it. Sports are good for the economy, and are good exercise. I don't have an argument against sports that can't be turned right back on video and computer games and things I like But it seems to me professional athletes are overpaid and in some cases unduly idolized. Sports should be a pasttime, a hoppy, not a job. It seems drugs and sex scandals are often associated with proffesional athletes and I think our society as a whole takes all the pageantry and hoopla too seriously. I'm not saying we do away with sports or prohinit people to play or watch., but I think a society who's heros are scientists and visionaries instead of big guys that run around for a while, throw a ball places, and then stop, would be one I would like to see. I know everyone doesn't have the same opinions and I would not expect them to, nor would I dare to enforce thwem on others...but I can always wish for the what ifs and might have beens.

Football just seems to me like a throwback to gladiator games and medieval tournaments, some spectacle of strength and skill to delude the masses-although I am not saying that everyone who likes sports is deluded or stupid. I know lots of clever, intelligent people who enjoy them, you of course Sean being high on that list.

[Seany-D]

I agree with you that athletes are overpaid and unduly idolized in today's society. I have liked many a ball player in my time, but the only one I idolized as a kid was Cal Ripken, and that was more for his work ethic and his fan-friendliness than his stats. Society should focus more on idolizing those who contribute more to the social good, be it public servants (think firefighter/EMT/police, not politician) or scientists or, most importantly (IMHO), teachers. Teachers, be they public, private, primary, secondary, collegiate, etc., make a fraction of what they should be paid, but then again, major league sports has a very lucrative system of obtaining money. Believe it or not, most of it is through ad revenue and broadcast contracts, not the $50 you're shelling out to see the Lions get pistol-whipped by the local powder-puff team. Unfortunately, learning isn't lucrative economically ... at least not in a first-blush, immediate sort-of-way. Frankly, I think that sports should be its own reward ... contracts should be scaled down to say, what a fairly good CEO of a small company makes ... six figs, not seven. I won't say that top athletes don't work their asses off, but to be out playing a sport when there are those who bust ass to teach at an inner-city school ... you have to admit, the sporting life is rather swank.

Sean "would play MLB for half the major league minimum" Davis

[Atsuko73]

speaking of nascar, did anyone see the big crash today? that was pretty cool, if you like that sort of thing. I don't usually watch nascar, but I was at jeremy's parents and his dad's a car guy...

[UsherBen]

i know you probably meant no harm by it, but don't assume that someone who is a car guy is a guy who likes nascar. I am by far the biggest car guy at msufa, and i bet i hate nascar more than anybody else here. ;D

[Rama Still at the library]

UsherBen said:

i bet i hate nascar more than anybody else here. ;D

Oooo, I bet you aren't!

[Valvilis]

I'll repeat Nathan's sentiment, but add more "o"s to show my skepticism:

"Oooo[ooooooooooooooo], I bet you aren't!"

Val "I'd just as soon shoot Nascar in the face as give him the time of day" Vilis