"Soccer is popular because stupidity is popular."

[Mark Kohut]

So, logically, stupidity is bliss? As even Socrates seemed to believe? 

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On Jun 26, 2014, at 2:48 PM, Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:

> Thanks!
> 
> Still, to see Borges' compatriot Lionel Messi play the game on a good day is pure bliss.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> P.S. This went down rather well between Germany and the US, didn't it?
> 
> 
> Am 25.06.2014 17:46, schrieb Dave Monroe:
>> http://www.openculture.com/2014/06/jorge-luis-borges-soccer-is-popular-because-stupidity-is-popular.html
>> 
>> http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118228/world-cup-2014-why-did-borges-hate-soccer
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