A business that survives as a sport does so only when it has some pleasure-value or vanity-value. Shooting or trapping other animals has these values. Also the pictorial representation of objects, the composing of music and performing on musical instruments, singing, literary composition, verbal dexterity and so forth, possess great pleasure-value and great vanity-value.
From Cliché to Archetype with Wilfred Watson (1970), p 98
Year: 1970
Chapter:
Sports and Games
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan