"Sport is part of culture and a good way to learn about another country… To discover why people are so passionate about it, it's like, 'Tell me what your sport is and I'll tell you who you are,' " he said.
This is absolutely correct. Sports play a huge role in people's personalities, beliefs, and overall lives.
In Bauer's class, students will compare and contrast the Montreal Canadiens and other religions.
I'm curious to what the student's findings were.
"When we learned about the 100th anniversary, we thought it was a good time to talk about the relationship between sport and religion, especially between the Habs and the religious context in Montreal and in Quebec," Bauer said.
There needs to be a separation between a game and more dire topics such as religion.
Fans of the Montreal Canadiens pray that the sacrifices made on the ice of blood, sweat and tears will lead them to glory.
It is kind of unsettling to think that people compare a game to a war. Hockey is simple a game.
The Richard Riot is generally considered the firstexplosion of French-Canadian nationalism, the beginning of asocial and political dynamic that shapes Canada to this day
It's hard to think that one person is the reason for a major national change. Maybe it is giving that singular person too much "power" when they are simply a regular person.
No athlete has embodied the soul of a city and the spirit of itspeople as Richard did in the 1940s and '50s
Can't imagine how stressful that must be for an athlete, the whole city is staring at you and following everything you do. You don't want to disappoint a whole city.
There are moments when life gets in the way, when sports and thereal world collide at some intersection
People who aren't typically fans of sports don't understand how important sports are to some people and how much it actually impacts their lives.
His tantrums had become as legendary as his goals.
Not something I would want to be famous for.
“He is God,”
It doesn't feel right to see people comparing normal people to religious deities.
forechecker
Not very familiar with many hockey terms, this one especially this one.
The following season, 1943-44, he answered them with 32 goals and 22 assists.
Determined attitude to show everyone that he is not fragile.
You’ve never seen a hockey player like Maurice Richard. Not Crosby. Not Gretzky. Not Orr, Beliveau, Howe. None of them had the talent, the intensity, the will to take over a game like Richard. And none of them meant to their fans what le Rocket meant to Canadien fans.
Just because someone is good at something or fans like them doesn't mean that people should overlook their personality or habits. If someone is a bad person, or a bad example then they shouldn't be allowed to be in the public eye as an influencer.
For five minutes, the tempest rages. The crowd, on its feet, cannot believe the madness before them. They’ve seen fights over the Garden’s past three decades in the days when players swung their sticks and fists more liberally, but nothing like this, nothing as determined and wild.
I find it so hard to believe that people could have that much rage in them to want to act in that way.
“No one can know when the anger of men, whipped indefinitely, becomes sculpted into political revenge. And more, it is not just a matter of hockey.”
It's interesting how sports go hand and hand with politics. It seems it has been like that since the start of sports, and it will continue to be like that till the end.
Out on the street, the largest riot since Conscription was passed in 1944 (bringing in the draft for the final year of the Second World War) broke out along a seven-block length of Rue Ste. Catherine, featuring overturned cars, smashed windows, a shot fired from somewhere and 137 arrests.
They were upset because of the game suspensions. Sports have always had that effect on the fan base, they will go act out whether something went their way or not. A good example of this is the Philidelphia Eagles fan base.
Unbeaten, unbowed, unrepentant — still forever proud.
Powerful and inspiring words.
The president really worked for the six owners, five of whom wanted the book thrown at Richard for the Boston incident.
That doesn't seem right for the head of a program to want something bad for their players.
it was crucial to know how violent the National Hockey League was in those days.
Knowing how violent hockey is today its crazy to think how violent it was in earlier days.
"And so you sold the farm when your father died?"
I think it is weird that she sold the farm, she was raised on it, so she knows how to run everything and make it successful.
neighbour
I wonder why spelling is so different in this time, the word is pronounced the same way as it is now, but the spelling is different.
"It was the Demon of gluttony who tempted me."
This shows how religious these people are, blaming their actions on demons rather than themselves.
The pea-soup was soon ready and on the table
They must not have that much money; Sunday meals are usually known for having more depth such as bread, meat, starches, etc. more than just a soup.
to-day
Interesting spelling
It was then that those Barbarians rushed upon him with as much rage as if he alone had been the object of their hatred. They strip him naked, they exercise [page 91] upon him a thousand indignities; and there was hardly any one who did not try to assume the glory of having given him the final blow, even on seeing him dead.
It is extremely humiliating to strip someone of their clothes and then hit them till they die. It seems that the natives had extremely different morals and they don't care much about other people. I think this could come from their religion.
price of a hundred écus
How much would this be today? And how do you pronounce this?
three Captive yroquois iced
What does this mean? It might mean they died because something that is iced is unmoving and when people die, they turn cold.
All took place in Holy week very nearly as last year; the washing of feet at the hospital
What religious practice is this?
Creature of 15 or 16 years, a thief
Calling someone a creature shows that they don't see them as equal, it is very dehumanizing. It's hard to understand why they wouldn't want to give a child a second chance, you never know why someone would do something they might be in a hard spot and just need a little help.
I had the happiness of carrying them to the grave
Happiness is a weird word to use in this situation, but I can see that what he meant was that he was honored.
Those butchers, seeing that the good Father began to grow weak, made him sit down on the ground; and, one of them, taking a knife, cut off the skin covering his skull. Another one of those barbarians, seeing that the good Father would soon die, made an opening in the upper part of his chest, and tore out his heart, which he roasted and ate. Others came to drink his blood, still warm, which they drank with both hands,—saying that Father de Brebceuf had been very courageous to endure so much pain as they had given him, and that, by drinking his blood, they would become courageous like him
As much as they must have disliked him to torcher and kill him so brutely they must have looked up to how courageous he was if they were willing to drink his blood in hopes to be like him.
And, if parents give the soul to their children, why do they not impart to all of them great minds, a retentive memory, and all sorts of noble and praiseworthy qualities, seeing that there is no one who would not desire to have such children if this were in his power?"
There is no way that a parent can purposely give their child a trait, it is completely random and dependent on DNA and other factors. Obviously, every parent wants their child to be the best so they wouldn't purposely create them in a way that isn't the best to them.
happy death of some Hurons.
It's very sad that people are happy about the deaths of others. I don't understand how killing or deaths coincide with any religion.
Generally speaking they praise an approve the Christian Religion, and blame their wicked customs; but when will they leave them off entirely?
I am confused by this; they want to approve Christian ways but then blame their own religion?
All come willingly to hear us; all, without exception, say they have a desire to go to Heaven and fear the fiery torments of hell.
Do they even understand what exactly Heaven and hell is? Do they actually mean that they want to follow this religion, or do they just mean that what the Christians are describing is something that they might agree with?
It is said that this woman, who was named Marie, in the midst of her greatest weakness foretold that she would not die for eight days; and so it happened.
Very strong words.
with fear lest these savage neophytes may grow restive when placed under greater restrictions on their moral and social conduct, than have thus far seemed advisable to the cautious missionaries.
Seems he has no respect for the tribes of the land and sees them as animals he wants to tame
The Hurons are in constant dread of hostile incursions from the Iroquois; the missionaries promise to assist them in such emergencies, and instruct them how to improve the fortifications around their villages; for this, the Hurons are duly grateful.
This seems like a give and take. The missionaries help them but then expect something in return.