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to: LEE LOFASO
from: TONY LANGDON
date: 2020-09-16 19:44:00
subject: Re: Tom Terrific RIP

-=> On 09-16-20 00:44, Lee Lofaso wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 LL> Attending sporting events or musical events is a shared experience.
 LL> So is smoking, among certain groups.

Still an irrelevant diversion, I was just talking about the popularity of
various sports down here.

 LL>> All those big beautiful stadiums. With no fans allowed. Athletes
 LL>> competing live on television. With nobody around to cheer or boo.
 LL>> Except coaches and trainers.

 TL> That's another issue, and one I don't care to discuss or be distracted by.

 LL> Really? Here are some of your own words -

 TL>> Still, that pales in comparison to the number of soccer fields
 TL>> (several) or AFL/cricket (most are dual purpose) ovals, of which
 TL>> there are more than a dozen.

I didn't once mention empty stadiums, COVID-19, lack of crowds, just relative
popularity, and the relative provision of sporting facilities for different
sports.

 LL> People are social creatures, and are not hermits. People will find
 LL> ways to interact with other people. That is the human condition, and
 LL> is who we are. Basic human nature. "No man is an island unto himself"
 LL> means exactly what the words mean.

And absolutely nothing to do with what I was talking about.


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