Confusion - Part II
Bob Woolmer confuses me again. I don't understand how the following four sentences hang together:
"What impresses me, though, is the lack of antagonism or violence between the supporters. There is no inane chanting as at a football match in England. Large queues have waited patiently for tickets all day in Lahore. Cricket, I think, is the most significant factor in creating a patient outlook on the sub-continent, in spite of matches between India and Pakistan leading to almost unbearable tension."
Sentence 1 is not connected to sentence 2; 2 is not connected to 3; 4 is a complete throwaway line. In fact, 4 is ridiculously patronizing and shallow.
"What impresses me, though, is the lack of antagonism or violence between the supporters. There is no inane chanting as at a football match in England. Large queues have waited patiently for tickets all day in Lahore. Cricket, I think, is the most significant factor in creating a patient outlook on the sub-continent, in spite of matches between India and Pakistan leading to almost unbearable tension."
Sentence 1 is not connected to sentence 2; 2 is not connected to 3; 4 is a complete throwaway line. In fact, 4 is ridiculously patronizing and shallow.
posted by Samir Chopra at 12:56 PM
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