Wow, what a week for people being so disrespectful! Let's start with Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's speech last week. It seems that in this country people are getting so emotional about the health care issue that public humiliation of your opposition, even if he is the Leader of the Free World is allowable. It seems that Joe Wilson is getting a free pass for shouting "you lie" during President Obama's speech to the joint session of Congress. In this age of Internet, blogs, and media, Mr. Wilson would have gotten ample opportunity to show his disapproval for President Obama's Health Care Plan. But no, he is "Angry" in the U.S. and that gives him a free pass to be disrespectful. That is truly unprofessional and doesn't solve anything. My thought is Health Care is a logical discussion not an emotional one. We have turned this into a competition, similiar to a tennis match. Both sides are slamming winners down the sidelines, arguing with judges and letting out loud roars when our side, whether it be LEFT or RIGHT,wins a point in this health care debate. Our country is so emotional and charged by competition, that we are missing the true issues when it comes to health care.. Let's end the competition, and begin logical discussion.
To back up my claim that this debate has become a competition, and competition brings out the worst in those who are not poised to handle adversity, is Serena Williams meltdown at the U.S. Open and Kanye West's humiliation of Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAs. Serena was the victim of a bad call. I am a competitor and like her I would have been pissed off as well. She reacted very unprofessionally, due to the fact, she personally has a lot vested in the match. She handled the situation wrong, and her hating to lose led her to a profanity filled outburst. Basically, bad call led to pissed off player, which led to a line judge getting cursed out. Rep. Joe Wilson acted the same way, he does not want to lose in the Health Care Competition. Just like Serena, he resorted to the best tactics most Americans know, Blatent, Public, DISRESPECT. It seems as if that is all we know. My next example, Kanye West at the 2009 VMA's embarrassed Taylor Swift by stating Beyonce had one of the greatest videos of all time. Kanye views award shows as competition, and when he or others of his liking do not win, he resorts to what most Americans know best, public humiliation. Here we have a 19 year old country singer crushed in front of her music peers. Kanye used her acceptance speech as his venue to show his disapproval of the judging. Does this sound familiar?
My point to all of this is pure competition is emotional especially to those who play professional sports. Since Americans have a cult like infatuation with Friday Night Football, NFL Sunday, Monday Night Football,UFC,PGA, Major League Baseball and other sporting events with such pride and emotion, those who do not want the Health Care issue to be discussed resort to making it a competition, where on side loses, and the other will come out victorious!!! If that is the case, could somebody tell me what decides a winner... Sadly, the majority of zealots yelling and screaming when asked this question can't answer it.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
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