tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233413034415992317.post3583459041868797539..comments2020-12-30T12:56:45.883-06:00Comments on ye olde republicke: Dodging the issueGabriel Conroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027746942101340042noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233413034415992317.post-58954977276818016002013-04-08T09:19:32.150-05:002013-04-08T09:19:32.150-05:00Dr. X,
My biggest, or at least my most immediate,...Dr. X,<br /><br />My biggest, or at least my most immediate, objection to dodge ball is just what you describe in your first paragraph: the disjuncture between those who could throw very hard and those who couldn't.<br /><br />That doesn't, of course, negate the possibility, which you witnessed and took your own stand to address, of people singling others out.<br /><br />We didn't actually have basketballs. We had the inflatable rubber balls similar to the one the lady host holds in the linked-to article/video.Gabriel Conroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566193099628849226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233413034415992317.post-56599205165115834882013-04-07T20:44:24.400-05:002013-04-07T20:44:24.400-05:00Agree 100% with your take. I was one of the kids w...Agree 100% with your take. I was one of the kids who could throw hard, but I despised the dodge ball games in 9th grade because it was battery. Utterly screwed up to have kids who could throw volley balls and basketballs (yes, basketballs) at high speed at kids half their size and strength. My way of dealing with it was to throw only at the kids who were throwing hard at other kids smaller than them, but the whole situation infuriated me.<br /><br />There was was this guy Roger, big kid, who went after the smaller ones. I threw a basketball at him so hard at him that I separated my shoulder. The pain was unbelievable, but it was the end of me having to play dodge ball. Had to get multiple cortisone injections that have probably caused other immunological problems and the damn shoulder has given me trouble ever since.Dr Xhttp://drx.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233413034415992317.post-9909119039936302882013-04-05T06:48:15.856-05:002013-04-05T06:48:15.856-05:00Hi Jon,
Thanks for your comment. As for "d*...Hi Jon,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. As for "d**ckification," that's fine with me, especially because it's true.<br /><br />Yes, I'm American, so your assumption's a good one.<br /><br />By the way, I enjoyed your blog posts about Spain. I didn't comment because I had nothing to say. But my fiancee and I plan to go there after we get married in July (not right after, but once we've saved some money). She used to live and study in Spain, and I've never been there (or to Europe, for that matter).<br />Gabriel Conroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566193099628849226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233413034415992317.post-86724552515592557942013-04-04T18:55:34.714-05:002013-04-04T18:55:34.714-05:001 more thing --
It reminds me, Al Franken told of ...1 more thing --<br />It reminds me, Al Franken told of how George Bush once said of his swagger "In Texas, we call that walking". Al Franken said "In New York we call that being an asshole"Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11031084152042320962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233413034415992317.post-11581810348574254622013-04-04T18:48:19.168-05:002013-04-04T18:48:19.168-05:00That's a great post. I can completely relate. ...That's a great post. I can completely relate. And I checked out the Yahoo/NBC sports link, and hated both of those presenters -- not sure which was worse the woman or the man. <br /><br />But it also struck me how "American" those two are -- I know that may sound like a silly generalization. I'm American, and I think you are too. But the danger isn't the future 'wussification' (sometimes called the Frenchification) of America. The problem's more the current 'dickification' of America. (Am I allowed to write that in a comment?)Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11031084152042320962noreply@blogger.com