Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound… - George Orwell

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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting.

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George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism.

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Birth Name: Eric Arthur Blair

Alternative Names: Orwell • Eric Blair • P. S. Burton • John Freeman

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