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          • weker01@sh.itjust.works
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            2 months ago

            Of course it’s a sport. Multiple sports even. It takes skill, training and effort to be good at shooting. There are many different shooting sports.

            Of course just blindly firing a weapon is not a sport itself. Just as blindly kicking a ball is no sport.

            Why do you think shooting is no sport?

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              2 months ago

              If the only reason you’re sweating is because you’re out in the sun then I’m sorry, that’s not a sport, just like chess is not a sport even though it requires skills, training and effort.

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                  2 months ago

                  Should they be considered sports then?

                  noun plural noun: sports 1. an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. “team sports such as baseball and soccer”

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                shooting, darts, snooker, curling, boules, golf, archery, driving/car racing, horse riding, sailing, luge/skeleton, croquet, motorboat racing, table tennis, weight lifting, gliding, skiing, alpinism, ballooning, chess, firefighting, cannon shooting, kite flying, pigeon racing, military patrol, dog-sled racing, bridge, lifeguarding, scuba diving have all been part of modern day Olympics.

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                  2 months ago

                  And of this list there’s a whole bunch of stuff that isn’t a sport.

                  Unless you consider that painting is a sport? Because that was in the Olympics as well!