Anyone who know me, knows that I really don't care about college or pro athletics. I've written before about my loyalties and what they're based on. So I was tired of hearing about Jim Tressel a month ago and now it's going to be headline national news for a few weeks more. I know it's heresy but he's only a football coach, not a saint, not a hero, and certainly, not to me, a good role model for athletes of any age. He screwed up and should just disappear. His athletes certainly thought what they did was ok by the coach if he knew all about it.
If society didn't idealize sports figures, maybe kids wouldn't think that the only thing they want to be is a college or pro athlete. I think athletics is a wonderful activity for all children, but too often the competitive spirit overwhelms the beneficial aspects of healthy activities.
I don't want to argue with anyone but I just don't care what Tressel does. I think he betrayed his team and his school and made lots of money doing it. Now the young men that he betrayed will have to pay for it as well.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Just My Opinion
There used to be an old "what if" game that I played with my friends. If you could push a button and one person would die whom you did not know, and you'd inherit a million dollars, would you push the button. I always answered "No."
But if I could have pushed the button on Bin Laden myself, I would have in a minute because the inheritance is the safety of hundreds, maybe thousands, of people whom he won't be able to torture or murder. I understand the jubilation of many people. Perhaps it's a bit tacky to celebrate in the streets but Bin Laden's been called a malignancy which indeed he was and one that needed to be cut out of the human population. There's some reason for joy in that he has been eliminated. Of course, in a perfect world there would be no executions of the murderous and inhumane. But in a perfect world there would be no murders, no tortures, no hunger, and so on.
Our world isn't perfect; our decisions aren't always right, but I think this was the best possible outcome for right now. Would I have celebrated in the streets? Perhaps not, but I understand it.
But if I could have pushed the button on Bin Laden myself, I would have in a minute because the inheritance is the safety of hundreds, maybe thousands, of people whom he won't be able to torture or murder. I understand the jubilation of many people. Perhaps it's a bit tacky to celebrate in the streets but Bin Laden's been called a malignancy which indeed he was and one that needed to be cut out of the human population. There's some reason for joy in that he has been eliminated. Of course, in a perfect world there would be no executions of the murderous and inhumane. But in a perfect world there would be no murders, no tortures, no hunger, and so on.
Our world isn't perfect; our decisions aren't always right, but I think this was the best possible outcome for right now. Would I have celebrated in the streets? Perhaps not, but I understand it.
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