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http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_030207WABrulesbooingLJ.10e27de5.html
>http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/
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>... because booing is oppressive.
>Watch out for those boo police... no foam fingers in the stand.
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>Why not just ban competitive sports? After all a goal of competitive sports is to impose your will on your opponent.
>Pretty soon golf will be the only game in town. >
>I've done some assistant coaching at that level, and I don't think it's such a bad idea. Some of the most obnoxious behavior I've seen has been at high school games and below. I went to a high school that was part of a very competitive football and basketball program,and we never booed.
Right, but that was your choice, not forced by some do gooders. Are the boo police going to follow the fans out into the parking lot to make sure the frustrated fans don't take it out on each other or on somebody's car?
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