I know it has been a great challenge for the good folks at Philosophy Football to find a quote by Lenin about sport, as it is hard to imagine the Bolshevik leader relaxing with the Russian Equivalent of When Saturday Comes, or Racing Post.
But close enough:
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: “For those who desire not simply an aimless skipping from instance to instance, an integral central movement will take us forward towards a great goal.”
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Darkness at Noon on said:
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: “For those who desire not simply an aimless skipping from instance to instance, an integral central movement will take us forward towards a great goal.”
What a genius! How did he come up with that? And what a grand success it was too.
Perspicacious on said:
Ha, ha. Very good, very droll. I shall order the usual brace. Lovely bright red.
Jellytot on said:
Nice Shirt. A ‘Philosophy Football’ product that both Trots and Tankies can buy.
ted on said:
Who, Lenin?
Grim and Dim on said:
I’m sure Lenin would have been highly amused to see the way that capitalism is destroying sport:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/nov/23/england-world-cup-fiasco-leaked-report
ted on said:
(My apparent non-sequitur at #4 was in response to a now-deleted comment)
John Grimshaw on said:
Wasn’t he into hunting? Or was that Leon?
Lenin's undergarments on said:
Yes, he liked to hunt.
Brokenwindow on said:
It may have been a great goal but the opposition came back strongly…and then it was all over
dave on said:
Lenin was a good and competitive skater, and he did weights and sit ups.
prianikoff on said:
The weight training was a workerist mistake.
He should have stuck to aerobic exercise.
The bullet fragments lodged in his body after the assasination attempt, plus a poor diet probably contributed to his stroke and early death.
Vanya on said:
#11 Yes, getting shot generally isn’t recommended for the health. As Harry Enfield would say, he didn’t want to do that.