Posted by Ultradog MN on October 19, 2012 at 04:56:37 from (184.100.106.5):
In Reply to: Ot: sports? posted by JayinNY on October 18, 2012 at 17:50:14:
I think sports is a major problem in America. Ask a man on the street who his elected representatives are and you'll likely get a blank stare. But ask him who's in the starting line up of his favorite team and he'll easily rattle off a few names. People - on both sides of the aisle - talk about taking our country back or complain about our politicians. But try to get them to watch a presidential debate and you'll almost have to hog tie them. Ask them to go to a city council or school board meeting and they might - if the game aint on that night. Which there usually is. Absentee fathers who can't recall the grades their kid got last semester in school but can rattle off all the stats in their fantasty football league. This is Rome. Food stamps are our bread and sports are our circuses. I do believe we have already reached the tipping point where we can't bring the country back. People say they just want a little relief, a bit of escape from the pressures of daily life. I see more escaping than I do dealing with the pressure. More and more our government is telling us what to do because it is good for us. But don't bother me with that now - the game is on. We are disengaged from the problems that face us. Nationally only about 55% of eligible voters actually vote. But for this great republic to function it takes an informed, engaged people. I never understood the mass hypnosis over making a little ball do a certain thing. I can't understand how smart, grown men allow themselves to be to be hoodwinked into thinking a game is so important. I've never liked sports. Could never get psyched up over them. And I'm more than a little saddened to see my generation throwing so much away over them.
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