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Tai Chi, Yoga and Pilates on New Square - FFS

  • 05-04-2009 9:27pm
    #1
    Cantab.
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    I thought only games authorised by DUCAC were permitted on Front Square? Then again, maybe rules are made to be broken.

    This place is turning into a social and recreational playground for the middle classes.

    Competitive sport and excellence at both national and international level should be this university's priority.

    Promoting gym rat culture is a waste of effort and resources.

    If a young man aspires to be the next Johnny Bravo, he should sign a direct debit mandate to Jackie Skelly's and not expect the taxpayer to pay for it.

    In my opinion, the academic community needs to assert control of this institution before the renegades ruin the place beyond recognition.


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  • #2
    PurpleFistMixer
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    You're right, those yoga maniacs are going to burn this college, nay, this COUNTRY, to the ground!


  • #3
    Fad
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    Is that all you have to complain about Cantab.?

    That's genuinely dissapointing, your rants used to be outrageous (For the sake of it, but how and ever) but this?

    For shame.........


  • #4
    tolosenc
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    I'm gonna have to agree here. We have a sportshall for a reason.


  • #5
    Cantab.
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    obl wrote: »
    I'm gonna have to agree here. We have a sportshall for a reason.

    Not even that. Why did we spend €x million on a sports hall so a bunch of gym rats can have a body beautiful for their saturday night posing session in the latest venue, meanwhile the rugby club have a pitch that's a disgrace. The worst pitch by far in both the 1st and 2nd division AIL. When the French visited, they laughed at the state of our rugby pitch.


  • #6
    Pet
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    Ehm, Cantab., baby...since when are people who do yoga/tai chi "gym rats"? Surely they're the complete opposite? Do you even know what yoga is, or the kinds of people who do it?


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  • #7
    ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI
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    Cantab. wrote: »
    I thought only games authorised by DUCAC were permitted on Front Square? Then again, maybe rules are made to be broken.

    Rules exist for reasons, and I'm sure the reason for such a rule is that an impromptu game of cricket on Front Square is going to impact negatively on the running of college. A bunch of people doing funny gestures isn't.
    Cantab. wrote: »
    This place is turning into a social and recreational playground for the middle classes.

    Why do you bring class into this? Moreover, what do you even mean with this sentence? The first thing I associate with "middle classes" and "recreation" is rugby, strangely enough.
    Cantab. wrote: »
    Competitive sport and excellence at both national and international level should be this university's priority.

    I agree...
    Cantab. wrote: »
    Promoting gym rat culture is a waste of effort and resources.

    If a young man aspires to be the next Johnny Bravo, he should sign a direct debit mandate to Jackie Skelly's and not expect the taxpayer to pay for it.

    Why? Because it's not your 'thing'? Personally I think the Chaplaincy is a waste of money and provides little of value to the college. Maybe you'd disagree. But at the least, promoting "gym rat culture" is effectively promoting healthiness amongst students and staff, and gives our University a health-conscious image, as does the occasional display of Tai Chi etc. on front square .(As well as displaying the broad spectrum of activities available to students)

    Perhaps more money ought to have been diverted towards the pitches, I can't comment on their state, ignorance as I am to rugby. However, whether your anger is motivated by bitterness that your own pet interest was not catered for, or simply some sort of elitist arrogance that summarily disregards any activity that is not after your own interests, you seem to have little to complain about that isn't an insipid conceit. I mean, Tai Chi...in my Front Square...who gives a flying ****?


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