05-02-2017, 10:45 PM
(05-02-2017, 02:46 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Mass appeal has zero to do with whether or not the concept is idiotic. There have been multiple best sellers about how autism is caused by the mercury in vaccinations. Same with Bigfoot, demonic possession, and alien abductions. The number of copies sold does not change the fact that it is ridiculous.
Just the few lines you quoted show how silly it is. In one line he claims the power of athletes like Michael Jordan "is as limited as when masters forced their slaves to race and fight", then he turns around and rips Michael Jordan for not using all the massive power he has.
Athletes are not "cut off from their roots". The country boys often buy big farms and the inner city kids are thrilled to get out of there. How many big time athletes have you heard crying about how the NFL keeps them from living in government housing like where they were raised?
It is a joke and it is sad that people can make money from such a mockery of the horrors of true slavery.
Multiple best sellers? It is its own peculiar form of awesome the lengths you will go to argue any side of any argument.
JOHN ROBERTS: From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice... I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
