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<blockquote data-quote="sbillini" data-source="post: 1486412" data-attributes="member: 10496"><p>Of course there's tension here. We wouldn't be having this conversation if there wasn't. </p><p></p><p>But you're making underlying assumptions that I'm not willing to make, and that was the point of my post. You're assuming that "fans" (let's be clear here, this is one fan's perspective, and you're making an assumption that its representative of a more general population) are seeing "their beloved institution incorporating cultural signifiers that are alien to them". It may very well be that this fan does not appreciate that this notion is as much a cultural signifier as it is. That it's beyond the aesthetic look of the game and has a deeper meaning. A meaning that's much beyond the game itself. If that is the case, then educating the fan to this fact may solve the tension all together. We don't have evidence at this point that it wouldn't.</p><p></p><p>But, in the case that it doesn't resolve the tension, then, yes, it's a somewhat more complicated question, but it is then that cultural norms would dictate the outcome. As you said, an ethic of live-and-let-live tolerance is the ideal, in which case Sutherland would be in the right given it is something that has nothing to do with the game itself. That is where admonishment becomes a more appropriate approach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sbillini, post: 1486412, member: 10496"] Of course there's tension here. We wouldn't be having this conversation if there wasn't. But you're making underlying assumptions that I'm not willing to make, and that was the point of my post. You're assuming that "fans" (let's be clear here, this is one fan's perspective, and you're making an assumption that its representative of a more general population) are seeing "their beloved institution incorporating cultural signifiers that are alien to them". It may very well be that this fan does not appreciate that this notion is as much a cultural signifier as it is. That it's beyond the aesthetic look of the game and has a deeper meaning. A meaning that's much beyond the game itself. If that is the case, then educating the fan to this fact may solve the tension all together. We don't have evidence at this point that it wouldn't. But, in the case that it doesn't resolve the tension, then, yes, it's a somewhat more complicated question, but it is then that cultural norms would dictate the outcome. As you said, an ethic of live-and-let-live tolerance is the ideal, in which case Sutherland would be in the right given it is something that has nothing to do with the game itself. That is where admonishment becomes a more appropriate approach. [/QUOTE]
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