lunes, 16 de mayo de 2011

VIOLENCE IN SPORT

VIOLENCE IN SPORT

THE SPORT IS KNOWN FOR GIVING US FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT BUT IN THE WORLD WE LIVE SPORT IS VERY CONNECTED WITH THE THEME OF VIOLENCE. WHY? WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT OUR SOCIETY VALUES SUCH AS TOLERANCE, RESPECT AND ACCEPT ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OTHERS ARE NOT PRACTICED BY THE PEOPLE AROUND US AND IN MOST CASES BY PEOPLE WHO LIKE SPORTS KNOWN AS FANS.

FANATICISM IS THE MOST COMMON ACTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO SPORT AND EVEN MORE IF WE TALK ABOUT FOOTBALL WHICH IS THE SPORT WITH MOST FANS IN THE WORLD AND FOR THAT REASON THE MOST VIOLENT SPORT. BELIEF IS TO FANATICISM OR INVOLVING BEHAVIOR UNCRITICAL ZEAL, PARTICULARLY FOR AN EXTREME RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL CAUSES OR IN SOME CASES SPORTS, OR WITH AN OBSESSIVE ENTHUSIASM FOR A PASTIME OR HOBBY. THE BEHAVIOR OF A FAN WITH OVERWHELMING ENTHUSIASM FOR A SUBJECT IS GIVEN DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE BEHAVIOR OF A FANATIC BY FANATIC'S VIOLATION OF THE PREVAILING SOCIAL NORMS. THOUGH THE FAN'S BEHAVIOR MAY BE JUDGED AS ODD OR ECCENTRIC, IT DOES NOT VIOLATE SUCH NORMS
AS AN EXAMPLE IN OUR COUNTRY WE VERY FANS OF SOCCER AND OFTEN FOUGHT BY THE TEAMS ARE NOT EVEN OUR COUNTRY TEAMS SUCH AS BARCELONA, REAL MADRID, MANCHESTER UNITED ETC. BUT IT IS COMMON TO SEE PEOPLE ARGUING AND SOMETIMES FIGHTING TO DEFEND ONE OF THESE TEAMS.
TALKING ABOUT TEAMS IN OUR COUNTRY WE KNOW THAT TEAMS SUCH AS FAS, AGUILA, PARTNERSHIP OR FIRPO, ARE TEAMS THAT HAVE THEIR SPECIFIC GROUP OF FANS KNOWN AND THAT THESE GROUPS WHEN THEIR TEAM LOSES REGULARLY SEEK VIOLENCE AGAINST ITS RIVAL.
MANY PEOPLE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO PUBLISHING IN THE SOCIAL NETWORKS THEIR OPINIONS IN A VIOLENT AND OFTEN BELIEVE THAT ONLY THEIR WAY OF THINKING IS CORRECT AND WILL NOT ACCEPT AN OPPOSING VIEW. I THINK THE SAME THING HAPPENS IN SPORT.
I THINK THAT TOLERANCE IS THE KEY, NOT JUST IN SPORTS BUT ALSO IN OUR SOCIETY TO LEARN TO ACCEPT WHEN WE WIN OR LOSE.

lunes, 4 de abril de 2011

Religion and what do people believe?


The simplest answer is: religion is a person's beliefs.  Some people believe in a supreme being.  Others do not.  Some people worship in a church, synagogue, temple, mosque or other building with others who share their beliefs.  Others do not.
Beliefs are a very personal thing.  Most of the time, children are raised with the same beliefs as their parents, and their parents' parents before them.  Religion is something that is often passed down through the family.  As we grow, especially when we become teenagers and young adults, we make choices about how we want to live our lives.  Religion often provides the foundation for making the good choices.
Religions have a way of changing as time progresses.  Many religions split into different variations of the same faith.  Sometimes, new religions are created, and new laws or rituals are added.  People also change as they grow up and often they change religions becoming "converts" of another religion.  Converting to a different religion or staying with the same religion for life is another personal choice people make