[Stealth]

basketball requires skill

also shaq is a bully, who got 0wned by Yao

[Knight Templar]

Did you know that a peanut isn't really a nut? It's a legume (sp?)

Sometimes you have to open peanuts to eat them. Opening peanuts properly requires skill. Just like Golfing.

On the topic of golfing.. who invented a sport where you dig a hole half a mile away and try to hit a ball in it with a stick, miss, then walk over to it and hit it again? Honestly, it makes basketball look good.

[Stealth]

basketball takes skill

grabbing an oval looking ball and running into people takes no skill

[01010]

Originally posted by Stealth
basketball takes skill

grabbing an oval looking ball and running into people takes no skill

You LIE

::Grabs nearest oval looking ball and runs into Stealth::

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Is that Rugby or American Football, you're talking about? Rugby is far superior, and was resposible for Douglas Adams' nose being only decorative, not functional.

[Knight Templar]

Originally posted by Stealth
basketball takes skill

grabbing an oval looking ball and running into people takes no skill

But what about tying your shoelaces before the game? WHAT ABOUT THE DAMN SHOELACES STEALTH!?!?!

*thinks about bringing up catching*

better not..

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Is that Rugby or American Football, you're talking about? Rugby is far superior, and was resposible for Douglas Adams' nose being only decorative, not functional.

i was on the school rugby team for 4 years... it's a good game, i was referring to what me and KT were talking about: football (american)

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Stealth


i was on the school rugby team for 4 years... it's a good game

hate to quote myself but what the heck.

it's a good game, but it requires no skill compared to games like basketball

[Knight Templar]

Throwing the ball to teammates while dodging 300 linebackers and trying to reach a goal that is at least 50 yards away takes less skill then boucning the ball on the ground and away from people, and then throwing it into a hoop?

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
Throwing the ball to teammates while dodging 300 linebackers and trying to reach a goal that is at least 50 yards away takes less skill then boucning the ball on the ground and away from people, and then throwing it into a hoop?

yeah, it actually takes skill to get a ball into a hoop that's only about 2 inches greater in diameter than the ball...

throwing an oval-shaped ball to a 400 pound linebacker who tucks it under his meaty arm and runs for the other side of the field while his teammates each jump on someone else and wrestle them to the ground takes no skill

EDIT

i want to change the last line of the above sentence:

wrestle them to the ground takes comparatively less skill

[Solatar]

I haven't read this entire thread, stopped on page four... Just thought I'd give my two cents worth on the original question.


I was "middle classed" all the way up until fourth grade. I went to a Catholic school, and their wasn't much fighting.
Once I moved to a different school in fourth grade, all hell broke loose. All the way until sixth grade I was teased to kingdom come. I just ignored it, because if you got hit (even if you didn't block, just got hit for no reason) then you got the same punishment as the person who hit you.

I got stronger during the first half of sixth grade (competitive swimming) so by the time I moved to my present location for the last half of sixth grade, I was able to defend myself. I got stronger still that summer, and now I am completely capable of picking on kids myself. It's the fact that I know what it's like that keeps me from it. Anybody that does want to mess with me gets punched (usually in the stomach or nads where it won't leave a mark to show the teachers).

So, I say, violence isn't always the answer. But I'd rather beat the **** outta somebody than be called a coward (I have to much pride, one of my weaker points), or wach my friends get hurt.



As for people mobbing you, fights in my school are usually well organized. If two people start fighting, everybody will stay back and let them have at it.


If somebody is going to fight you, and there's no way out, don't take it. Minimize your injuries by fighting back, and making lots of noise that will attract teachers that will break up the fight. It makes you less of a coward if the teachers break up hte fight before there is a clear winner. In most cases (at least at my school) if you show the courage the fight, making you more difficult prey, people will back off.

EDIT: Just remember, if they're bullying you, then you must have something they want. Which could be your intelligence, talents, or even a nifty briefcase so they can carry around all their books more easily,:D

[Knight Templar]

Originally posted by Stealth


yeah, it actually takes skill to get a ball into a hoop that's only about 2 inches greater in diameter than the ball...

throwing an oval-shaped ball to a 400 pound linebacker who tucks it under his meaty arm and runs for the other side of the field while his teammates each jump on someone else and wrestle them to the ground takes no skill

EDIT

i want to change the last line of the above sentence:

wrestle them to the ground takes comparatively less skill

err.. as the quarterback, you don't usually throw to your defensive 400 pound defensive linemen  

And even if you did, that'd be simple. He can only run 5 mph , give or take, so you go for the legs, and he's down.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Knight Templar

And even if you did, that'd be simple. He can only run 5 mph , give or take, so you go for the legs, and he's down.

i rest my case:  little or no skill

[Nico]

Originally posted by Stealth


i rest my case:  little or no skill

no, but still you can't do it, go wonder.

[Knight Templar]

Well football's always been more about tactics and plays then mad skrillz, but you can't say they there is nothing. Basketball may be harder, but only in certain areas

[Stealth]

Originally posted by venom2506

no, but still you can't do it, go wonder.

i'm proving a point that compared to basketball, football is nothing when it comes to skill

[Knight Templar]

Originally posted by Stealth


i'm proving a point that compared to basketball, football is nothing when it comes to skill

Stop pretending to be so arrogant, at least I hope you are pretending. Football takes plenty of skill, and you know it.

if you don't beleive me, get a bunch of nerds or girls together to play and you'll see what I mean.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

And then football (proper football, soccer to you yanks) is the biggest piece or arse in the world.

Tell me why David Beckham should get paid so bloody much for kicking a ball about, and looking like a sodding Mandarin duck, when useful people, like.. I don't know... Nurses, can barely afford to live.

[an0n]

Hmmm.

It seems people have not discussed my extremist views on life for quite some time. Most puzzling.

*is an ATTENTION WHORE!!!!*

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
And then football (proper football, soccer to you yanks) is the biggest piece or arse in the world.

Tell me why David Beckham should get paid so bloody much for kicking a ball about, and looking like a sodding Mandarin duck, when useful people, like.. I don't know... Nurses, can barely afford to live.

!?

Sorry, we should say "AMERICAN football"...

the football myself and Knight Templar were talking about was American football, not soccer.  in America "football" means "American Football"...

let's not get into soccer, this is between football and basketball (American football)

soccer is one of, if not the best game invented