I need some reasons...

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

I presume then that you have not heard of the nasty incident in Luxembourg that led to Elvish linguists being banned from Europe for a lengthy period.

Football, like the study of Elvish linguistics, does not cause violence. People do.

Well I very rarely feel ashamed of my nationality or intimidated on trains because of groups of drunken elvish scholars or feel I shouldn't drive into a certain part of town because there is a language convention... and somehow I don't think that spending hours talking about elvish would be regarded as an acceptable way to pass the working day.....