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by sitkack 1465 days ago
That is why we go to great lengths to civilize ourselves. Sports fanaticism is a fetal nationalism. Maybe we should challenge our hardwired programming, it does seem to offer a lot of control in our actions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_hooliganism_in_the_Un...

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Or maybe sport is a way to vent the natural hate off in a harmless way.