of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and worst by far is emotional blackmail ... the diligent practise of this subtle and ancient art creates a constantly evolving darwinistic moral vacuum in which the brightest new manipulative ideas and stratagems flourish ... and which only you, or i, can fill !
Sunday, March 01, 2009
proof, if it were needed, that the romans introduced cricket to the ancient britons
i've always assumed that baseball was adapted from cricket by the red indians and that the real last straw that caused the war of independence was the royal tax on cricket bats
i doubt that either of us could make a case for either game being conducive to rational thought or conduct ... apart from the development and exercise of physical skill and athleticism, and the social benefit of involving strong men in non-mortal combat
So where did baseball come from then?
ReplyDeletei've always assumed that baseball was adapted from cricket by the red indians and that the real last straw that caused the war of independence was the royal tax on cricket bats
ReplyDeleteYes. That makes more sense to me than that tea snafu in Boston. It also explains why baseball bats are round (was probably a flat tax).
ReplyDeletei doubt that either of us could make a case for either game being conducive to rational thought or conduct ... apart from the development and exercise of physical skill and athleticism, and the social benefit of involving strong men in non-mortal combat
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