I was reading www.ESPN.com and came across this
story which has left me feeling a wee bit perturbed.
Fans plan rally against Gary Kubiak
ESPN.com news services
Tuesday, December 28, 2010A pair of Houston Texans fans who believe coach Gary Kubiak should be fired are organizing a
rally for Sunday to make their point, the Houston Chronicle reported. Fans Brad White and
Scott Carter are hoping the demonstration before Sunday's season finale against the Jacksonville Jaguars
will help convince team owner Bob McNair to change coaches, according to the report. "I want to
stress that I don't want people to come out to bash Kubiak," White told the Chronicle.
"We don't want vulgar sig ...
I then went and read the readers comments and it is truly sad. Not one person
made the point of asking why these individual's are wasting their time protesting
over a football coach. Seriously, take that wasted energy and donate your time
to charity. If you desperately need to protest something, how about protesting
the lack of funding for education; corruption in government; or the eroding rights
of USA citizens. These are worth protesting about.
After spending some time the last couple of weeks and having some spare time to 'surf.'
I am more disheartened than ever. Are we really headed into the circus mentality.
As long as our entertainment is good, we will not and do not want to deal with the real issues in life?
In the last few weeks of Christmas parties and other assorted social events, people are
discussing football, movies and banality. While I understand the social norm, is not to discuss
politics and other controversial subject matters at social occasions, perhaps that is
part of the problem. Maybe, we should be having more discussions related to relevant
social issues at thesefunctions. Instead of keeping the discussions at the lowest common denominator
perhaps we she be working to consistently raise it. Perhaps, these we would be more worried
about bread and less about circuses.
I am inclined to believe in your statement,
ReplyDelete" Are we really headed into the circus mentality As long as our entertainment is good, we will not and do not want to deal with the real issues in life?".
Of course we do, however since most news wires are are filled with just a fraction of most issues they will often generate fodder for anyone wishing to use it only as propaganda for any cause they wish to introduce. Too many people are sharing such material without verifying authenticity. Just using the term "Did a Google" does not, make it truth.