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Re:Estimated cost of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics jumps to $6.9B by moogly on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @06:14PM (#19802202)
In my eyes, sports reinforce/exacerbate those things. Hooliganism, violent riots, murdering players making own goals, murdering referees doing the wrong (or right) call... I really don't think sports brings out the best in humanity. At best it's a replacement for jingoism.

Rockets don't make people punch other people in the face. Sports really do.

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Re:Estimated cost of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics jumps to $6.9B by Consultant32452 on Thursday May 02, 2019 @01:48AM (#19805090)
Rocket technology is a weapons delivery system.

Rank and file people seeing the world come together and work towards a common goal, even on something as "trivial" as a game, humanizes those different people. And yes, it sometimes results in an occasional fight, but it's much better than the kinds of fights that occur which involve rockets.

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