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Inchoateknowledge Posted 19 years ago
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00I do not recall much about the football that first afternoon. One of those tricks of memory enables me to see the only goal clearly: the referee awards a penalty (he runs into the area, points a dramatic finger, there is a roar); a hush as Neill takes it and scores. But I am sure this picture has been built up from what I have long known about similar incidents, and actually I was aware of none of 01font00this02font00. All I really saw on the day was a bewildering chain of incomprehensible incidents, at the end of which everyone around me stood and shouted. 01font00If I did the same it must have been an embarassing ten seconds after the rest of the crowd.02font02br
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00But I do have other, more reliable, and probably more meaningful memories. I remember the overwhelming maleness of it all -- cigar and pipe smoke, foul language (words that I had heard before, but not from adults, not at that volume), and I remember looking at the crowd more than at the players. From where I was sitting probably I could have only counted twenty thousand heads; only the sports fan (or a rock star or a politician) can do that. My father told me there were nearly as many people in the stadium as lived in my town, and I was suitably awed02br
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0 I was aware of none of 01b 00this02br 02br 02b 01font 00He wasn't aware of any 01b 00real/concrete situation leading to the penalty in this match02b 00. His mental film isn't clear. Some of his impressions and reactions were reactions to similar situations from other matches, not to the reality on the court.

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 I was aware of none of 01b 00this02br 02br 02b 01font 00He wasn't aware of any 01b 00real/concrete situation leading to the penalty in this match02b 00.
  • His mental film isn't clear.
  • Some of his impressions and reactions were reactions to similar situations from other matches, not to the reality on the court.
  • 02br 01font 00He was so detached and automatic02br 00 that even his standing up and shouting were produced with no real connection / synchronicity with the real events of the court02br 00 so he was quite late in reacting, leading to an embarassing moment (as when you don't applaud when you should be based on what you see in front of you, but based on old tapes running in your head)02font 02br 02br 0-
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0 I was aware of none of 01b00this02br
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02b01font00He wasn't aware of any 01b00real/concrete situation leading to the penalty in this match02b00. His mental film isn't clear. Some of his impressions and reactions were reactions to similar situations from other matches, not to the reality on the court.
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00If I did the same it must have been an embarassing ten seconds after the rest of the crowd.02br
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0 He doesn't clearly remember if he shouted or applauded, it was not a rational decision on his part, so if you did so, he doesn't know his reasons or when he did it02br
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00 Probably D, but that's quite arbitrary, this is a confusing situation and one must leave it at that. 02br
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00 If D, he did that by reflex, in semi-conscious mode. 0-
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00D he wanted to follow what the others in the crowd did.02br
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0 IMO the text is not difficult, but to find the gists needed to answer the questions make me sweat buckets. 0-
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