Quote: (12-25-2018 11:44 PM)Cr33pin Wrote:
Quote: (12-25-2018 11:40 PM)moneyshot Wrote:
Anyone have an alternate link for that Whitlock vid? it's been taken down
Best video on the controversy I think
I'm just sitting here at my desk making my paltry salary (compared to professional athletes' salaries) and thinking, what in the fuck?
I normally take logical positions and discuss the ins and outs, trying to see both sides, but in this case, I'm going to summon my inner rural back-country hick attitude...
What in the holy fuck are they talking about pro sports being slavery?
If they were talking about welfare being slavery, I'm open to the discussion. But pro sports? Isn't the NFL minimum close to half a million? There's thousands of guys just outside that NFL door waiting to take the place of anyone opting out of that money.
This is proof that 24 hour news channels are a bad idea. Again, summoning my inner simpleton mindset, shut the fuck up about slavery this or slavery that.
America needs to get off the couch and go outside. Chop some wood. Rebuild a car. Start a landscaping company. Re-finish a house. Learn how to box or do a martial art. Anything but entertain and foster this horse-shit constant news cycle.
Hell, go watch The Civil War documentary by Ken Burns to gain a little perspective on life as we know it today. The horrors of thousands of men dead and fatally wounded on the battlefield, groaning for hours throughout the following nights.
Go read about the
Doolittle Raid where a bunch of guys flew off to Japan and China with no plans about how they would ever get back to the aircraft carriers.
This stuff really pisses me off. Get some fucking perspective. We live in the greatest place on earth in the greatest time to be alive. Get over yourselves.
I've always liked Whitlock and still do, but I judge a person for saying "this is horse-shit" and moving on (even if it means they sit there for another 50 minutes staring at each other).