Wed, 15 July 2009  Rob comes back after more than a month long hiatus.Rich tells some stories of his time at The Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas Controversy and lawsuits over religious messages at the new Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. FIFA calls out the Brazilian soccer team on religious t-shirts. A new role for the Russian Orthodox Church in government. The Irish blasphemy law (again) A bizarre court decision in Australia. And more (not much more, but more nonetheless). Comments[5] |
Have to agree with Rob on the new intro. Blech
posted by: Chas on Fri, 7/17 08:51 AM EDT
Soccers proper name is Association Football which its creators nicknamed soccer so it would not be confused with the rugby like games played at that time (1863).
The term football does not mean kicking the ball but comes from medieval times where the aristocracy played games on horseback and the peasants played games on foot - hence football is a ball game played on foot.
Note that soccer is not the oldest football code. That goes to Australian Rules Football which was the first football game to be codified - having an official set of rules and governing body. One of the AFL teams founded then still survives today.
One final word - Australian Rules Football is not a religion - it is far more important than that.
The term football does not mean kicking the ball but comes from medieval times where the aristocracy played games on horseback and the peasants played games on foot - hence football is a ball game played on foot.
Note that soccer is not the oldest football code. That goes to Australian Rules Football which was the first football game to be codified - having an official set of rules and governing body. One of the AFL teams founded then still survives today.
One final word - Australian Rules Football is not a religion - it is far more important than that.
I belong to Jebus, too. Well, I really belong to the FSM, but Jebus is one of the FSM's meatballs, so I can belongz to Jebus, too.
posted by: Gustavo on Wed, 7/29 10:45 AM EDT
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