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Power Outage Cost Local Economy $100 Million
On the bright side of the blackout issue, one common reaction was a return to being social. A lot of people really enjoyed it and got together. I wonder if there will be a baby-boom nine months down the road?— May 3, 2012 8:57 p.m.
Seau Apparent Suicide Could be Watershed NFL Event
Don, Seau's death is not the only casualty of the disease of fan-obsession for football; there is a long history and an accumulation of such events and evidence to which Seau's death could be the event that either tips the bucket over or strikes some leaks in it. And people are getting smarter--or at least better informed and of a more independent mind, less tolerant of mere tradition (and they are finding other ways to let off steam and even redirect it. True you and I may be fertilizer by the time it happens, but we have only seen the beginning with "Arab Spring" and "Occupy." Re: dbauder May 3, 2:52 p.m.— May 3, 2012 8:54 p.m.
Seau Apparent Suicide Could be Watershed NFL Event
Well said, Scott. The elephant in this room is that people intuitively NEED social interaction, and they are wired for intense stimulation. "Our" culture deprives us of social interaction and intense stimulation. Football and other extreme sports, like masturbation, fill the void. Unfortunately, that filling interferes with fulfilling our potential. Re: Scott_Marks May 3, 1:07 p.m.— May 3, 2012 8:45 p.m.
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Honorable Admin folks: I am patient, as I find the site much improved, and I'm sure your're working hard to make it better. Thank y'all for all the improvements. But I'd like to share a peeve that I had with the old system (R.I.P.). It has to do with the time I have to spend and the difficulty I have in following comments/discussions and the style the present system continues to follow with respect to responses. Let's say I'm following a discussion and it goes on and on (e.g., Bauder's piece on the late Mr. Seau). I miss a lot of the posts because I intuitively expect it to be chronological. But when someone uses the convenient "Reply" button at the end of a post, I will miss such replies--UNLESS I repeatedly, I repeat, REPEATEDLY, go through and, at minimum, scan the entire (100, 200?) list of posts to fish out the replies that are, consequently, out of chronological order. This tedium takes more of my time--SO MUCH MORE, in fact, that I can't provide Mr. Bauder an entirely coherent response if I have failed to endure that tedium. I have found a way to beat the system for my own posts (always use "Post a Comment" instead of "Reply,") but that doesn't help if others don't follow suit. It takes additional time to include the name and date stamp for the post being referenced. I hope y'all can come up with a way to make this problem go away. One possible way might be to set up the site so that when one hits "Reply," the text is actually displayed in chronological order with an automatic reference to the name/date of the post referred to. I hope you appreciate the time that those of us who complain take in trying to make the site more user-friendly.— May 3, 2012 8:35 p.m.
Seau Apparent Suicide Could be Watershed NFL Event
Visduh tends to make the most sense here; heshe might not be quite as radical as I am, but I tend to favor his approach to practical compromise. Unfortunately, I predict that his ideas don't have a much better chance of being taken seriously than mine. Still, Visduh, it's OUR JOB to be radicals (or is it oxidizers?) Re: Visduh May 3, 1:38 p.m. PS: ". . . comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." --Menken— May 3, 2012 8:18 p.m.
Seau Apparent Suicide Could be Watershed NFL Event
Shucks, I been wun upped agin. It might have been the guy I buy my bagels from.— May 3, 2012 8:04 p.m.
Seau Apparent Suicide Could be Watershed NFL Event
Frankly, I don't personally give a damn. But then, I'm apparently in the minority. There seem to be plenty of obscenities to go around. Thumbs down on this whole mfrin culture.— May 3, 2012 8:01 p.m.
Seau Apparent Suicide Could be Watershed NFL Event
It wasn't the huge price for "The Scream" alone. This was a multiple stupid irony. Two unnecessary and overpriced things juxtaposing, though I do recognize that the art has some value as a cartoon, and that football has value in terms of fun and physical fitness (unless doped). It is THE TRADEOFF that is the elephant in the room. And a grand misallocation of scarce resources. We do have OTHER CHOICES for the benefits realized from both. We CHOOSE to throw our young people to the lions. Such are the seeds of cultural disintegration. Yes, there are plenty of others, and mature individuals should take voluntary action to disintegrate them before they disintegrate US. Scream, scream, SCREAM! ENOUGH! At long last, at long last, Mr. Bauder, have we no sense of DECENCY? Or is that just another one of those things that raises a wink, an elbow nudge, a "knowing" smile amongst the gud ol' boyz? Re: dbauder May 3, 9:30 a.m.— May 3, 2012 6:50 p.m.
Seau Apparent Suicide Could be Watershed NFL Event
Joaquin's papa is my kind guy. Joaquin, you should listen to your dad more. What does he say about your assertion that a ban on football is the same as a ban on cars? Re: Joaquin_de_la_Mesa May 3, 3:12 p.m.— May 3, 2012 6:25 p.m.
Seau Apparent Suicide Could be Watershed NFL Event
What we need is brains that can override silly emotional attachments, not bans. Adults do not have to be forced to do the right thing. Need I mention that the definition of stupidity is continuing to repeat an action and expecting a different result? (Paraphrasing Einstein.)— May 3, 2012 6:21 p.m.