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	<title>Comments on: Today&#8217;s Question by Aart Hilal</title>
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		<title>By: tom</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/04/todays-question-by-aart-hilal-14/#comment-29943</link>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Leaf,

I may have over-reacted, I had a bad day, I realise that the british can be "hooligans" sometimes,

yet I believe that world peace can not be achieved, unless of course we conquer absolutely everything. You see, it is the very competition that has enabled us to talk like this, the computer you type on was built through competition, the british AND german troops that fought in ww2 died simply fighting for there country, but there deaths are not forgotten and everyone believes that they died for the greater good, the defeat of hitler. a bad peace is worse than war.
So if we were to conquer absolutely everything, then it would wipe out our entire objective as a race, to conquer, to survive, therefore, the universe would gradually grind to a halt and all violence would fade into history. But I strongly believe that the world will be better off with violence and progress, rather than peace and stagnation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Leaf,</p>
<p>I may have over-reacted, I had a bad day, I realise that the british can be &#8220;hooligans&#8221; sometimes,</p>
<p>yet I believe that world peace can not be achieved, unless of course we conquer absolutely everything. You see, it is the very competition that has enabled us to talk like this, the computer you type on was built through competition, the british AND german troops that fought in ww2 died simply fighting for there country, but there deaths are not forgotten and everyone believes that they died for the greater good, the defeat of hitler. a bad peace is worse than war.<br />
So if we were to conquer absolutely everything, then it would wipe out our entire objective as a race, to conquer, to survive, therefore, the universe would gradually grind to a halt and all violence would fade into history. But I strongly believe that the world will be better off with violence and progress, rather than peace and stagnation.</p>
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		<title>By: Leaf</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/04/todays-question-by-aart-hilal-14/#comment-29432</link>
		<dc:creator>Leaf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tom
sorry if you felt labelled - i said we were well known for it, is all.
and I'm sorry for your families' friends....but - I'm not proud of any of the 'good' stuff you listed as achievements
ie there were even more people killed on the way on both sides, Spanish armada etc
versus Football hooliganism?
what's the real difference
it's all violence

British?
Didn't we come from Spain and Germany as Gauls/Celts?
where does it start?
when will it end?

Like I said before
there's only one race - the human race - and it's not a competition....

LOVE</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tom<br />
sorry if you felt labelled - i said we were well known for it, is all.<br />
and I&#8217;m sorry for your families&#8217; friends&#8230;.but - I&#8217;m not proud of any of the &#8216;good&#8217; stuff you listed as achievements<br />
ie there were even more people killed on the way on both sides, Spanish armada etc<br />
versus Football hooliganism?<br />
what&#8217;s the real difference<br />
it&#8217;s all violence</p>
<p>British?<br />
Didn&#8217;t we come from Spain and Germany as Gauls/Celts?<br />
where does it start?<br />
when will it end?</p>
<p>Like I said before<br />
there&#8217;s only one race - the human race - and it&#8217;s not a competition&#8230;.</p>
<p>LOVE</p>
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		<title>By: Damien</title>
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		<dc:creator>Damien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cher Paulo,

Quand j'ai lu ce texte, ça m'a tout de suite fait penser au livre de Paul Auster "Constat d'accident et autres textes" dans lequel il y a un court texte qui s'intitulle "Le Meilleur Substitut à la Guerre" datant de 1998 dont le sujet est évidemment le football entre autres (Europe, millénaire,...) et que je vous recommande chaudement.

Paul Auster, un écrivain dont je vous ai déjà parler dans un post précendent (il y a un an a peu près), qui a en commun avec vous d'être un auteur mondialement connu, d'être né en 1947, d'avoir un goût prononcé pour la signification des "hasards" ou des "ironies" de la vie, et un prénom.
Mais une différence de taille, si je peux me permettre une analogie bassement terrestre, lui étant Paul du Nord et vous Paulo du Sud d'où deux styles simples mais complètements différents.Sachant que pour faire un monde deux Paul vallent mieux qu'un.

Le plus fort donc, c'est quand je l'ai relu aujourd'hui (Mardis gras): "...des documents vérifiables confirment que vers l'an mil cent, le Mardis gras était célébré dans toute l'Angleterre par des matches de football géants opposant entre elles des villes entieres."
Le texte finit ainsi: "cela veut-il dire qu'après mille ans de carnage, l'Europe a enfin trouvé une façon pacifique de regler ses différends?
On verra"

Tous ça pour dire que je suis d'accord sur tous les points que vous évoquez ainsi que je préfere sans conditions supporter une équipe de foot qu'un effort de guerre.

Cependant, je pense qu'il ne faut pas oublier que ce sport a été fortement perverti par les maux actuels de notre société moderne: des sommes d'argent indécentes en jeux (joueurs, transferts, paris, droits télévisuels,...), la corruption (joueurs, arbitres),  le dopage (ruptures d'anevrismes, arrets cardiaques,...), les violences in ternes et externes (hooliganismes, insultes et crimes racistes,  irrespects des adversaires,...) sans parler des petites magouilles minables d'apprentis sorciers.
  
Alors, pour rester sur ma métaphore du globe terrestre avec le ballon rond, la terre étant ovale comme tout le monde le sait puiqu'elle est applatie aux pôles (ni voyez rien de personel;), je pense qu'il est urgent de trouver un substitut au football, c'est d'ailleurs ce qui se passe avec l'émergence du Rugby actuellement.
Ce sport dont la violence est moins perverse, plus franche, dont l'esprit d'équipe est tout aussi fort, les individualités mises en exergue, l'argent moins présent et dont le public bon enfant est plus respectueux des adversaires et où tous se termine que ce soit dans la victoire ou la défaite par une fête mélangeant les deux camps.
Voila un modèle de société qui me plait.
Amicalement
Damien</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cher Paulo,</p>
<p>Quand j&#8217;ai lu ce texte, ça m&#8217;a tout de suite fait penser au livre de Paul Auster &#8220;Constat d&#8217;accident et autres textes&#8221; dans lequel il y a un court texte qui s&#8217;intitulle &#8220;Le Meilleur Substitut à la Guerre&#8221; datant de 1998 dont le sujet est évidemment le football entre autres (Europe, millénaire,&#8230;) et que je vous recommande chaudement.</p>
<p>Paul Auster, un écrivain dont je vous ai déjà parler dans un post précendent (il y a un an a peu près), qui a en commun avec vous d&#8217;être un auteur mondialement connu, d&#8217;être né en 1947, d&#8217;avoir un goût prononcé pour la signification des &#8220;hasards&#8221; ou des &#8220;ironies&#8221; de la vie, et un prénom.<br />
Mais une différence de taille, si je peux me permettre une analogie bassement terrestre, lui étant Paul du Nord et vous Paulo du Sud d&#8217;où deux styles simples mais complètements différents.Sachant que pour faire un monde deux Paul vallent mieux qu&#8217;un.</p>
<p>Le plus fort donc, c&#8217;est quand je l&#8217;ai relu aujourd&#8217;hui (Mardis gras): &#8220;&#8230;des documents vérifiables confirment que vers l&#8217;an mil cent, le Mardis gras était célébré dans toute l&#8217;Angleterre par des matches de football géants opposant entre elles des villes entieres.&#8221;<br />
Le texte finit ainsi: &#8220;cela veut-il dire qu&#8217;après mille ans de carnage, l&#8217;Europe a enfin trouvé une façon pacifique de regler ses différends?<br />
On verra&#8221;</p>
<p>Tous ça pour dire que je suis d&#8217;accord sur tous les points que vous évoquez ainsi que je préfere sans conditions supporter une équipe de foot qu&#8217;un effort de guerre.</p>
<p>Cependant, je pense qu&#8217;il ne faut pas oublier que ce sport a été fortement perverti par les maux actuels de notre société moderne: des sommes d&#8217;argent indécentes en jeux (joueurs, transferts, paris, droits télévisuels,&#8230;), la corruption (joueurs, arbitres),  le dopage (ruptures d&#8217;anevrismes, arrets cardiaques,&#8230;), les violences in ternes et externes (hooliganismes, insultes et crimes racistes,  irrespects des adversaires,&#8230;) sans parler des petites magouilles minables d&#8217;apprentis sorciers.</p>
<p>Alors, pour rester sur ma métaphore du globe terrestre avec le ballon rond, la terre étant ovale comme tout le monde le sait puiqu&#8217;elle est applatie aux pôles (ni voyez rien de personel;), je pense qu&#8217;il est urgent de trouver un substitut au football, c&#8217;est d&#8217;ailleurs ce qui se passe avec l&#8217;émergence du Rugby actuellement.<br />
Ce sport dont la violence est moins perverse, plus franche, dont l&#8217;esprit d&#8217;équipe est tout aussi fort, les individualités mises en exergue, l&#8217;argent moins présent et dont le public bon enfant est plus respectueux des adversaires et où tous se termine que ce soit dans la victoire ou la défaite par une fête mélangeant les deux camps.<br />
Voila un modèle de société qui me plait.<br />
Amicalement<br />
Damien</p>
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		<title>By: Annie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it is amazing how the smallest things - like a football ball - can bring us together. And the fight for these smallest things..and the passion we have to fight for these smallest things. And our needs if someone is not materialistic are small. And these 'smallest' things can symbolize all the 'smallest' things in our lives that are important and we have to fight for..love..dreams...maybe they are concepts, or maybe they are so small that we cannot see them..Yet they are so important and so great, without which there is no game = life..
Love</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it is amazing how the smallest things - like a football ball - can bring us together. And the fight for these smallest things..and the passion we have to fight for these smallest things. And our needs if someone is not materialistic are small. And these &#8217;smallest&#8217; things can symbolize all the &#8217;smallest&#8217; things in our lives that are important and we have to fight for..love..dreams&#8230;maybe they are concepts, or maybe they are so small that we cannot see them..Yet they are so important and so great, without which there is no game = life..<br />
Love</p>
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		<title>By: tom</title>
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		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I personally do not like football and I agree with what Leaf is saying about the "Hooligans" My friends dad watched his mate get stabbed, bricks have been lobbed at peoples faces, people killed over such a petty dispute. In my eyes, Football causes un-neccesary conflict.


LEAF,

I would appreciate it is you did not label the british. I am british and I do not even like football, let alone get so worked up about it that I turn it into an excuse for violence. Besides, it was us "hooligan" british that almost took france in the hundred years war, destroyed the spanish armarda, created the largest empire ever built, and saved europe from fascism and its "un-stoppable" armies.
My friend, we british have done far more good for the world than bad, but there are many regrets. Margaret thatcher, The iraq war, the rise of Idi amin to power.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I personally do not like football and I agree with what Leaf is saying about the &#8220;Hooligans&#8221; My friends dad watched his mate get stabbed, bricks have been lobbed at peoples faces, people killed over such a petty dispute. In my eyes, Football causes un-neccesary conflict.</p>
<p>LEAF,</p>
<p>I would appreciate it is you did not label the british. I am british and I do not even like football, let alone get so worked up about it that I turn it into an excuse for violence. Besides, it was us &#8220;hooligan&#8221; british that almost took france in the hundred years war, destroyed the spanish armarda, created the largest empire ever built, and saved europe from fascism and its &#8220;un-stoppable&#8221; armies.<br />
My friend, we british have done far more good for the world than bad, but there are many regrets. Margaret thatcher, The iraq war, the rise of Idi amin to power.</p>
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		<title>By: Kathleen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kathleen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I feel that way about the Olympics.  I always get emotional at the opening ceremony because I just love to see all the world gathered together in a spirit of peace and happiness.  

You sound to have a true love for "Soccer" as we call it here in Australia - my father is another football fan, getting up at all hours of the morning to see a game and waking everyone else up in the process with his shouts at the television  haha

Kathleen xx</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel that way about the Olympics.  I always get emotional at the opening ceremony because I just love to see all the world gathered together in a spirit of peace and happiness.  </p>
<p>You sound to have a true love for &#8220;Soccer&#8221; as we call it here in Australia - my father is another football fan, getting up at all hours of the morning to see a game and waking everyone else up in the process with his shouts at the television  haha</p>
<p>Kathleen xx</p>
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