Hayden Ballantyne offers an interesting insight into the tactics of a football thug (How to be a footy pest, 25 April). Most important, he writes, is to not get caught.
Nick Lethbridge / consulting dexitroboper
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"We must believe in free will -- we have no other choice." … Isaac Bashevis Singer
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28apr20: The above rant was published in The West. Then -- there is a letter in reply! I'm both pleased -- and embarrassed. In justification... the original article (by Ballantyne) made me shudder. If that is an acceptable attitude, football is far too nasty. For me, anyway.
His style of play is, he writes, to annoy players on the other team. And when another player annoys him in return, Ballantyne brags that he won the exchange -- by belting the other player.
This thug seems to enjoy physical confrontation. Like every other bully, he is extra tough when he has his bigger bully-boy "friends" to back him up. And like other sociopaths, he believes that he is unfairly targetted by the people who manage the rules of the game.
Nick Lethbridge / consulting dexitroboper
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"We must believe in free will -- we have no other choice." … Isaac Bashevis Singer
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28apr20: The above rant was published in The West. Then -- there is a letter in reply! I'm both pleased -- and embarrassed. In justification... the original article (by Ballantyne) made me shudder. If that is an acceptable attitude, football is far too nasty. For me, anyway.
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