tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918310454820522189.post7033618285170654846..comments2023-05-26T06:42:45.658-07:00Comments on Mormon Iconoclast: Rooting for laundryEric Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847948709234757330noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918310454820522189.post-61997163713808151712012-06-27T14:46:35.991-07:002012-06-27T14:46:35.991-07:00Laundry represents, and always has represented, cu...Laundry represents, and always has represented, cultures, and the clashes between them, and the nature of the cultures involved defines the nature of the clashes. Wearing a particular bit of laundry from Germany in 1915 meant you did your best to try to mow down someone with French or British laundry with a machine gun. <br /><br />The nature of the sports culture has usually been self-limiting in that it's between the lines, any violence involved is limited to the participants and is supposed to be regulated to stay within the limits of the game, which is what made the attack on Stow disturbing. We've exceeded the limits of the laundry.<br /><br />So...I say things like "I usually get up at 6, but on IU/Purdue gamedays I get up at 5 so I can hate Purdue for another hour." And things like referring to their negative-recruiting former coach as Osama Bin Keady. Their teams to me are known as the BMs (Boiler Makers...I know it's supposed to be one word, but for my purposes two is better), and those games are in red pen on my calendar (or should I say Crimson pen). It's innocuous, in fact it could be considered an innoculation against the worse nature of the attack to Stow, where frustration and hostility are worked out during the game. I wouldn't think about physically attacking a BMs fan outside Assembly Hall or Mackey Arena (known in the Big Ten as Smacky Arena), and the nature of the rivalry tells me they wouldn't either. <br /><br />Embrace the silliness...I really like that. I embrace it, revel in it, and keep it in its place. And may the Hoosiers shred the BMs every time they meet...and then we go home and save genuine concern for those things that transcend laundry...Mike/IndianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918310454820522189.post-60498517547660983172012-06-27T12:05:12.794-07:002012-06-27T12:05:12.794-07:00Do yourself a favor, if you haven't already, a...Do yourself a favor, if you haven't already, and read Mister Roberts. In one paragraph Heggen discusses the words hate, loathe, etc. while describing the crews feelings for the captain. Worth the price of admission all by itself.<br /> Oh, and while I'm a Dodgers fan I can honestly say I don't hate the Giants. They're not worth the trouble, sorta like the Padres.Shermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098953206824247173noreply@blogger.com