I know some here will dismiss sports but for some of us there's childhood memories and times with our fathers. My favorite sport is baseball and my dad taking me to games are directly tied to some of my best memories of him.
That's why intellectually I try to seperate myself from "sportsball" but it's difficult to walk away
No need to stop enjoying sports.....just put it in perspective...
Spectator sports is one of many aspects of modern Western culture that has become increasingly more juvenile and vulgar over the past 50 years.....and at the same time....more preening and self important
The same applies to movies....TV..... popular music..... advertising......and most unfortunately.....how strangers interact with each other in public...with more cursing....more road rage....and a general "cultural slumming" mentality.....where everyone aspires to act ghetto.....to show how hip they are
The political stuff is purposely added to the mix to excuse all the vulgarity and childishness......this moment of silence by the Timberwolves is a good example......"let's pay our respects to a Left wing activist who's on the 'right side of history'...and then let's get back to dancing like monkeys and making gang signs if the camera shows you on the big screen during a timeout"
Basketball is my favorite sport in the world, and has been for over 30 years.
It hurts me to see what the NBA's become.
I know some here will dismiss sports but for some of us there's childhood memories and times with our fathers. My favorite sport is baseball and my dad taking me to games are directly tied to some of my best memories of him.
That's why intellectually I try to seperate myself from "sportsball" but it's difficult to walk away
No need to stop enjoying sports.....just put it in perspective...
Spectator sports is one of many aspects of modern Western culture that has become increasingly more juvenile and vulgar over the past 50 years.....and at the same time....more preening and self important
The same applies to movies....TV..... popular music..... advertising......and most unfortunately.....how strangers interact with each other in public...with more cursing....more road rage....and a general "cultural slumming" mentality.....where everyone aspires to act ghetto.....to show how hip they are
The political stuff is purposely added to the mix to excuse all the vulgarity and childishness......this moment of silence by the Timberwolves is a good example......"let's pay our respects to a Left wing activist who's on the 'right side of history'...and then let's get back to dancing like monkeys and making gang signs if the camera shows you on the big screen during a timeout"