I wrote the following presentation to be a Wikipedia entry. Then I read

the details of Wikipedia policy and found this to be a hopeless violation

of the prohibition against original insights. Unfortunately the topic has

been seriously taboo in the cultures I'm familiar with. I have not found

any overview references and very few references to support subtopics. Though

the subject of fun in human culture may be as complex as the variety of

religious practice and belief, those who have the most intelligence to speak

and write about it are apparently rarely inspired to exposition. Perhaps

this attempt will be a seed for something.

    The file Overview.txt is the whole article as one piece to download.

                       Fun (overview)

   Contents

   1. Definitions

     a. Root concept

     b. Feminine model

     c. Masculine style

     d. Denial mode

     e. Legislative concept

     f. As a definition of childhood

     g. As the defining element of passion

     h. As the defining element of play

   2. Generally recognized Forms

     a. Play

     b. Recreation

     c. Verbal humor

     d. Policing of Crowds

     e. Control of children

     f. Commercial offerings

     g. Political seduction

     h. Social jousting and friendship expression

     i. Devils, witches, villains and predators

     j. Con artistry

     k. Vandalism

     l. Military use

     m. Fantasy

   3. Moral issues

     a. Battle of the sexes

     b. Government limiters

     c. Conflict with religion

     d. Family disintegration

     e. Poisoning of friendship

     f. Social out casting and suicide

     g. Inspiration to warfare

     h. Accidents

   4. History

     a. Fun prior to civilization

     b. Fun prior to overt patriarchy

     c. Fun prior to industrial technology

     d. 21st century differences

     e. Potential directions of development

   5. Significant cultural Anomalies

     a. Third world cultures

     b. Internet

     c. Solitary fun

     d. Violent social traditions and sports

     e. Hunting

     f. Use of machines

     g. Anarchist fun

     h. Commercial development

     i. Utopian experiments

     j. Fun as medicine

   6. Figures of Speech

     a. Having fun

     b. Are we having fun yet?

     c. Did you enjoy that?

     d. Making fun of

     e. Funny feeling

     f. Poor sport

   7. See Also

     a. Leisure

     b. FUN (magazine)

     c. F.U.N.

   8. References

   9. External Links