Sunday 28 September 2008

Tribalism


Yesterday was the football grand final in Melbourne. As much as possible I tried to avoid it.

While I a a strong supporter of Darwinism and evolution, it is team sports that make me lament that we have not progressed far beyond the great apes.

Am I unusual?

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3 comments:

  1. I'm so with you, can't seem to understand what all the fuss is about.

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  2. I've been sitting on the fence for years trying to decide which of tribalism or religion is the greater block to human development. Still undecided (and I need to bring in greed as well, to be fair).

    I abhor all team sport. And why, when some individual achieves some personal goal, in sport or whatever, do we need to mention his/her nationality? What possible relevance can that have?

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