Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Sports And Politics

Ben Shapiro has a great article today about the relationship between sports and politics.

Glorification of sports above all else -- sports as unifying factor, bringing men together to celebrate our common humanity -- is an egregious misreading of the value of sports. Sports, at the end of the day, are entertainment. Sports may display our common DNA structure, but they surely fail to demonstrate our common humanity -- some humans are inhuman. Sports solve no great moral dilemmas. Sports are not politics.
Read the entire Townhall article here.