Over the past three days, there have been two major events that have stolen the headlines. On any major news network, you'll find the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan. On ESPN, you'll see details of the NFL/NFLPA dispute.
Let's review, briefly.
The tragedy in Japan has claimed thousands of lives so far and undoubtedly will show to have claimed many thousands more. In fact, there is a village in Japan that has 17,000 residents, 9,500 of whom are unaccounted for. That's over half of the village! People's lives and livelihoods have been shattered. Families lost. Generations wiped off the map.
Conversely, you have the NFL and NFLPA dispute. This is rather simple to summarize.
1) Mr. NFL Owner has "bookoos" of money and doesn't want to lose it.
2) Mr. Hotshot NFL Player has "bookoos" of money and doesn't want to lose it.
It's about GREED, plain and simple. Nothing more, nothing less.
America: We need perspective and we need it now.
So much of American perspective is shaped by corporate interests, including that of the media. A brief news report about the tragedy in Japan just included the question: "What would these people do without the help of the media in locating their missing family members?" I do not deny the power of the media in making the world aware of the situation in Japan, but I also question the pure magnanimous interests of the coverage. Are we more interested in proving what we have in comparison to what "those poor people" have lost than we are in acknowledging that we are all interconnected and that through this loss of life our collective soul is wounded?
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Very interesting post. It's very sad to see what happened to the people in Japan. As far as the NFL thing is concerned, you said it all in one word: greed. All those people care about are themselves.
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