Golf as a Discourse of Resistance to Imperialism

[Brad De Long]

>At 03:54 PM 9/26/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>Re:
>>>
>>>>What's to defend? [Golf is] the national sport of Scottish highland peoples
>>>>who have been oppressed by English imperialism since the elimination of
>>>>*their* dynasty in 1688. By playing golf you are keeping the culture of the
>>>>oppressed marginal peoples of the British Isles alive.
>>>>
>>>
>>>before I join your crusade, you'll have to pull your Scots imperialists out
>>>of the 6 counties of the North of Ireland.
>>>
>>>
>>But surely it is more important for me first to get reparations for the
>>Revocation of the Edict of Nantes...
>
>Unfortunately, I am still pissed at the conquest of Athens by those damned
>Macedonians under Philip, so I can't join your cause.

I cannot feel any sorrow for the descendants of Theseus. The Minotaur was
an endangered species, after all...