Hockey night in a weltanschauung of linear causality
Andrew Potter, on Macleans.ca:
Watching the start of the NHL playoffs last night, I was reminded once again of Pierre Bourdieu's assertion that taste is first and foremost distaste; that is, we define ourselves not so much by what we like, but by what we cannot stand.
4/13/2007
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Back in 1940 (give or take) my grandfather joined the Air Force a few days after having a tryout with The Habs. He had season tickets at The Forum from roughly 1965 until 1990 and we'd go together twice a year from 1977. In 1992 I signed the petition (twice) to get Ottawa a team. When my grandfather moved to Ottawa we'd go see the Habs when they were in town. But after a while I started cheering when Ottawa scored. Long story short... he's a Penguins fan right now and he's convinced Wade Redden can't skate and Bryan Murray has the intelligence of a retarded and possibly qualude addicted weiner dog. It's making for some looong conversations.
go Canucks!
It's nice to have the Sens and Flames to cheer for
Geez, does this guy think Canada ends at the Rockies? What about Vancouver?
Go Canucks Go!
I enjoyed reading that and imaging the comments that the Maclean's editors of old would have inserted in that copy:
"WHAAAAT??? GRIP LOST!!!"
"Pierre who? Can't you find a quote from a Canadian?"
Er, imagining.
Leafs SUCK!!!!!!!
What a sad individual
Not as sad as people who post anonymously to blogs.