I take the point of Matt and others who have expressed similar opinions on this thread; but can't help feeling there comes a sort of Hegelian tipping-point where such extreme rationality and denial of what is generally regarded as an instinctual and natural emotion can tip over into a sort of anti-humanistic negativity. Did you not feel pleased in your schooldays if the school 1st XI won a match against a rival team, for instance, even if you weren't playing yourself? Do you not identify with any outside entity [football team, say; or your old school or college] and wish them well? If your old college/university is on University Challenge, don't you hope they will win, even tho all those young people are all so much after your time?

Really not? Goodness, how sad!