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From: "Steve Morrish" <s.m.morrish@dundee.ac.uk>
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Subject: Oliver Bennet's article on frisbee
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Dear sir,
Oliver Bennet's article on frisbee being a vile sport, with the
threat of decapitation a real one, was both ludicrous and damaging
to what is a growing sport in this country. That the article was
tongue in cheek does not make up for the fact that your reporter
failed to do any research whatsoever on this subject. Has he ever
played Ultimate (the sport played with a frisbee)? Has he ever been
to one of the many well organised competitions that are held around
the country on almost a weekly basis? Did he make any attempt
whatsoever to find anyhting out about the sport at all? No, he did
not. I am incensed that such an article was carried by what I had
regarded as a quality newspaper.
The Ultimate World Championships are being held in St Andrews between
the 8th and the 14th of August. Perhaps Mr Bennet would like to
attend, to see what Ultimate is all about. He will find none of the
stereotypical attributes he seems to think are rife within the sport.
How can we hope to raise the profile of the sport in this country,
if narrowminded, brainless idiots such as Mr Bennet continue to
portray frisbee as being played by stoned, long-haired hippies with
nothing better to do with their time than to endanger the health of
picnickers? Not only does this article damage the sport, which if
he had bothered to do any research whatsoever, he would have found
that it promotes sportsmanship, friendship and the spirit of the
game above everything else, but has also damaged the credibility of
these very attributes. There are many people, myself included, who
are desperate to introduce Ultimate to schools, both to prolong the
sport and help it grow, and to promote the three ideals mentioned
previously.
Mr Bennet may consider himself a humourous journalist, but in
reality, he is nothing more than a petty, unimaginative hack.
Yours in disgust,
Steve Morrish
Captain, Shooting Stars Ultimate Frisbee Club
University of Dundee