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| George Will
A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible lifestyles turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind. Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal. Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's friends. Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it. Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football is a metaphor for America's sinfulness. Football features two of the worst aspects of American life, violence and committee meetingsIf you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government. Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese. Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good. Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout Bang! Stalin's henchman Molotov, 96, died old and in bed, a privilege he helped to deny to millions. The future has a way of arriving unannounced. The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny arf - the sound of a lap dog.You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings. [O]rganized violence punctuated by committee meetings. |
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