Playing
Unfair,
by Kos, August 10, 2004 and sent to us by Sari,
Evanston, IL.
Bob
Harris over at This Modern World has scanned
photographic evidence that Bush was an asshole
in college.
Note
the caption is from the original photo in the
Yale yearbook. Harris, who knows more about
rugby than I do, adds: Incidentally, while rugby
is a contact sport, every player knows that
tackling above the shoulders is a foul. So is
leaving your feet during a tackle. Either of
these is serious enough that the other team
is immediately awarded a penalty kick, often
directly resulting in points for the other team.
So
even without throwing a punch, Bush is already
well outside fair play.
Grasping
an opponent by the back of the head and punching
him in the face is beyond the pale -- I've watched
rugby avidly for years, and I've never seen
it during an open-field tackle like this, honest
-- and will typically result in a player being
immediately sent off. Like I said, he was always
an asshole.
