How many hundreds of years will it be before we, as
a society,=20
 outgrow the whole "sports" thing? 
=20
 Far too many years, that's alL I can say :=3D-( I am convicned such things= 
 
=20
  cause brain damage. 
   This is not in dispute.  There's been a lot of media coverage here recentl=
 y about (in particular) football players and concussions.  And just two week= 
 
Actually, I am convinced that even non-violent sports cause brain damage...
   FWIW, I have
never taken part in any sporting activity or anything=20
 related. I have never watched any sporting activity or anything related.=20= 
  And I never intend to do either. 
   Same here.  "Playing ball" was fun when I was about five years old.  After=
  that, well, not so much. 
 
Not even then in my case. My parents tried throwing a ball near me a few
times, I ignored it and went back to staring at a clock mechanism, or
something. Seriously, therewas nver a time when I didn't find machinery
fascinating.
-tony