tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83848415226842340.post2036183992651820789..comments2022-12-04T22:51:50.932-08:00Comments on The Way I See It: Visiting Israel: The Soccer GameIsaac Shabtayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000427782527486260noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83848415226842340.post-66116831895836894142009-02-06T12:53:00.000-08:002009-02-06T12:53:00.000-08:00Ahhh to watch a futbol game live! What a dream tha...Ahhh to watch a futbol game live! What a dream that would be. I attended an American football game once in Buffalo and it was probably just as crazy as what you described. Many fights, and many police. Futbol (soccer) is truly the beautiful game though. And unfortunately it is how the game goes. I hope you are enjoying your trip! I hope it is the same yet something completely different .... Kinda like dim sum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83848415226842340.post-74569651608714116852009-02-06T02:43:00.000-08:002009-02-06T02:43:00.000-08:00Hi, you could make similar comments ref. to an ita...Hi, you could make similar comments ref. to an italian soccer game.<BR/>Latins used to say panem et circenses, which means that governments can gain consensus or better acquiescence simply by feeding people with bread (panem) and shows (circenses). Sad to say, but 2000 years later we are at the same point: soccer is the modern circus, to which repressed feelings<BR/>are conveyed: it recalls to me the movie ‘Rollerball’ by N.Jewison 1975.<BR/>Have nice days with your family, dariaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com