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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:37:40 +0700
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:36:03 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:15:20 -0400, Catrike Ryder
><Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>
>>I never understood why some people like to watch people they don't
>>know play with their balls.... or ride their bicycles. 
>
>Sports are battle simulations much like the gladiatorial contests of
>ancient Rome.  The only difference is that the participants of today's
>sports contests are more likely to survive.  Bicycle races are similar
>except the participants sometimes engage in limited combat.
><https://www.google.com/search?q=bicycle%20jousting&udm=2>

I think you over simplify. I well remember tree climbing contests when
I was in grade school and the girls had rope skipping contests. 
And the Olympic "games" that dated back to something like 770 BCE were
initially a religious affair.

I believe it is more accurate to say that mankind has an inborn desire
to be first. In whatever activity, not solely war.


-- 
Cheers,

John B.