Forum Sticky Recommendation

[Occhidiangela]

Follow up

1. Bolty notes that a sticky is the tool of snooty, attention whoring, elitist, megalomaniac Admins. Glad I am merely an overcaffeinated rogue!:shuriken:<>
   
2. I withdraw the sticky suggestion on those grounds, and on points raised by the Lurkers who were kind enough to address the question as posed in multiple choice format.<>
   
3. Pete, F9 was, IIRC "I need help! Come Here!":lol:<>
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   And now a rousing rendition of Rhyfelgyrch Gwyr Harlech.
   
   Bah, in a world shrunk to a twenty four hour flight, petty nationalism amuses and saddens me. Come up to the turn of the twentieth century, that way you'll be 100 years behind the times instead of 1000.
   
   --Pete

   Group identity, of which this "petty" nationalism is a subset, will not go out of vogue at the flag level until the aliens show up from off planet, rather than from across a border. :P
   
   Is there a healthy strain of nationalism, and can it be beneficial? Ask the Palestinians on the Israeli soccer team. ;) (SI did an article on two of them a couple of years ago.) The World Cup can tap into a healthy "for our guys" sense of common ground without resorting to tanks, bombs, and body bags.
   
   Regrettably, it can go beyond that, see the slain Colombian player ('02 or '98 cup IIRC) who was shot when he returned home thanks to his faux pas: an "auto goal." (As if he didn't feel bad enough already!) Sport as a proxy for ritual war/battles of champions isn't news, it strikes me as profoundly human.
   
   Should the World Cup / Olympics be discarded to prevent the venomous nationalism they provoke? (Yeah, I know, follow the money, bread and circuses) A Globalist might argue that the World Cup is an anachronism, and that the cross pollenization of talent across boundaries renders it passe. Club championships (World Series, NHL playoffs, European Club Championships) should supplant the national/flag competitions, preclude nationalist based hooliganism -- and doubtless replace the latter with locally based hooliganism. :o Manchester United fans (including the Yank supporters) can sing "We are the Champions" in a Global context whilst brawling with Juventus fans, or Sao Paulo fans. :whistling:
   
   I'll take the bitter with the sweet. I've made many a friend, or casual acquaintance at an airport bar, on the basis of the Dallas:w00t:Cowboys colors I wear now and again, among people I might not have had an ice breaker for otherwise. Likewise with my Flour Bluff HS colors.
   
   Healthy group identity. :D
   
   Go Hornets, Fight!.
   
   *backflip*
   *crash*
   *reach for cell since I am not a Rogue, but a mid 40's man whose tumbling skills are absent*
   *presses F9*
   *Occhi, we aren't in Tristram any more!*
   *dials 911*
   *MEDIC!!*
   
   Healthy? My sightless eye! :angry:
   
   Occhi