I'm not watching television today. It's impossible for me to care less about a sporting event-- a game-- than I do
A good thing about sports contests: it's safe to not care. The outcome doesn't grant the winning team power to threaten my life, steal my property, or violate my liberty. The winners will not inherit an army of career rights violators who imagine their job is to control how the rest of us live. I can ignore the event without danger.
I wish all silly contests were as safe to ignore.
Unfortunately, this November the winning team in Stupid Bowl LX (that's "60" for non-Romans)-- you might call it the presidential election of 2024-- will get such power.
In this case, I care a little. By "care" I mean I actively dislike the teams and I'm not thrilled with the fans. The outcome is guaranteed to be harmful to life, liberty, and property. The best argument for either side is that a victory by their side will be less harmful than a win by the opposing team. Both are probably lying.
I'd like to cancel the contest and disband the league. For all his faults. Joe Biden has done one magnificent thing. His presidency proves presidents are mere figureheads.
At the bare minimum, I would like to make it safe to ignore their games. The way to do this is to make sure they can't threaten life, can't steal property, and can't violate liberty without facing the same consequences as any other criminal.
Since they are allowed to write the rules, this won't happen.
Those who would be out of a job want you to believe they are necessary for the functioning of society. They may even try to convince you they are society rather than the worms feeding on it. What a strange notion.
Over the years there have been many worthy suggestions for fixing things, but little interest in pursuing the solutions. It's hard to get anyone interested when the information is suppressed. It's even harder because these solutions must be written in legalese for the best shot at squeezing out all wiggle room.
The simplest solution remains to make everything in the Bill of Rights, after the first five words, redundant: "Congress shall make no law". This would also need to be retroactive. It would once again be safe to ignore the political games and stop worrying about the outcome of Stupid Bowl LX.
I gave up on the NFL about 10 years ago and NASCAR in 2020. About the only sport that I still enjoy watching is golf, but due to where we live and the crap you have to go through to watch live tv now-a-days, I only get to watch highlights on Youtube. I play on a online league with my Nintendo switch. Currently third in standings so far, this year, but we only have a dozen or so players. The thing about golf is it is 90% mental and you are really playing against yourself, even though the tournaments are scored against other players.
ReplyDeleteI now treat politics in much the same way. I pay just enough attention to have a handle on what may be coming down the line, but I no longer get wrapped up in trying to change anything. I wasted a ton of my life in that foolishness instead of focusing on doing the things that I could actually affect. Much happier now and know better that I can always say no the the man who wants to take my light.
Once everyone (or a majority) understands they can say "no", things will change. There is an awakening happening now. We live in 'interesting times'.
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I've never been a sports-watcher. I've never been interested in playing sports either, but playing makes more sense than watching others play. My daughter can spend hours watching videos of people playing video games, and that seems completely pointless. I guess you could pick up tips on how to play better, but it's beyond me.
DeleteGolf seems like it would be more similar to shooting. I had a friend whose boyfriend was a golfer and got her into it. She was surprised at how much she enjoyed it. I've never golfed other than mini-golf.
I hope enough people figure out that the game is rigged and they can (and should) say "no".
The rulers would prefer to deceive you and will facilitate your deceiving yourself as it is safer for them than active oppression but if ‘push comes to shove’ I don’t doubt that mere coercion will rapidly shift into an attempt at physical destruction for those who won’t play the game anymore.
ReplyDelete“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.”
---- John Ruskin
I think we've seen some of that in the recent past-- the physical destruction, I mean.
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