nemesis wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> nemesis wrote:
>>> You mean running in football vs running in handegg?
>>
>> In any case, soccer is merely a particular version of football, so 
>> calling it "soccer" is actually *more* accurate than calling it 
>> "football".
> 
> I disagree.  I don't see much foot in american football.  Nor that thing 
> looks much like a ball.

I wasn't talking about american football. I'm talking about people who say 
"it isn't soccer, it's football!"  That's like saying "It isn't nine-ball, 
it's billiards!"

> things like these are common:
> when players target the opponent rather than the ball.

Yeah, but it's frowned upon. ;-)

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Human nature dictates that toothpaste tubes spend
   much longer being almost empty than almost full.

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