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Heck with health systems. Let's compare something that really means  
something. After all, we're all still alive, so it seems we're not  
fully qualified to comment on the respective merits of our health  
systems (and less qualified to comment on the other ones that haven't  
been responsible for keeping us alive.) On to the real comparisons...

Australian football has American football beat hands-down. All the  
armor and rests between plays we have here in the U.S. is not only  
for wimps, it's boring as well. The game has become a vehicle for  
advertising and gambling rather than an athletic contest.

However, Rugby football has them both beat. And if we look at the  
comparitive level of interest, coverage, and participation in this  
game the citizens of the U.S. should feel a deep national shame. We  
were once the Rugby champions of the world, but now look what we've  
become. "Rugby? What's that?"

Our hockey is nothing to write home about, either...

-Mark G.

> Australian football has American football beat hands-down.
You could use private email for this sort of stuff, you know...




Richard
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Mark Graybill wrote:
> ... we're not [] qualified to comment on the []  health systems [] responsible for keeping us alive...

Incredible, Mark.


Tom

Mark Graybill wrote:
> Heck with health systems. Let's compare something that really means  
> something. After all, we're all still alive, so it seems we're not  
> fully qualified to comment on the respective merits of our health  
> systems (and less qualified to comment on the other ones that haven't  
> been responsible for keeping us alive.) On to the real comparisons...
> 
> Australian football has American football beat hands-down. All the  
> armor and rests between plays we have here in the U.S. is not only  
> for wimps, it's boring as well. The game has become a vehicle for  
> advertising and gambling rather than an athletic contest.
> 
> However, Rugby football has them both beat. And if we look at the  
> comparitive level of interest, coverage, and participation in this  
> game the citizens of the U.S. should feel a deep national shame. We  
> were once the Rugby champions of the world, but now look what we've  
> become. "Rugby? What's that?"
> 
> Our hockey is nothing to write home about, either...

Down here, Australian football (not rugby) is already getting a reputation
as a politically correct non-contact sport for wussy wimps. The corruption
by corporate sponsorship and TV rights...

Richard Reeves wrote:

>>Australian football has American football beat hands-down.
> 
> You could use private email for this sort of stuff, you know...

They could, but as the list owner, I do not mind. The people in these 
discussions are in fact regulars who answer a lot of posts.

If the discussions were making more posts than AVR, then maybe it would be a 
problem. BUT they are a lot lower in number than the AVR posts.

A bit of friendly banter and cross pacific comparassions are not bad IMHO.

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