Comments on: HLNTV: Hate and the Modern-day Gladiator Ring

By: ♥Rhonda In Alabama♥

♥Rhonda In Alabama♥ — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 22:42:58 +0000

Yes I agree. I can’t give up my College Football. But I would never pay to go see a Pro Game. I did go to one pro NFL in Arizona the Bronco’s an Cardinals an it was just a drunk fest where I was barely could see the plays or hear a thing. The big screen at home is much better for me haha.

I was raised in a way I loved Track an Field but my parents hated Sports never came to a meet or cheered me on. They absolutely hate Sports my dad would say why would a Football player or Baseball player make more than a man that can save your life? that makes no sense? an I do agree.

My dad is 81 now my mother 68 an they both keep saying it is going to be like Rome here in American an it will fall they are glad to be going out soon an hope not too see it.

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By: spotted couch

spotted couch — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:41:46 +0000

George, thank you. Can you talk me through the process? I have tags but possibly they are not “targeted” enough. Any advice you can give would be fabulous. I’m a bit green!

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By: George Barwood

George Barwood — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:39:07 +0000

Great article as always.
You should consider re-publishing at GroundReport at a strategic moment, with suitable tags.
That allows an article such as this to be more widely read, as google will index it rapidly and give it a high ranking for about a day in “News”. Maybe time it for the day of the next legal action.
IMO

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By: spotted couch

spotted couch — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:10:27 +0000

Rhonda, don’t get me wrong (so, sorry). I actually LOVE sports. Huge die hard sports fan over here. I come from a hockey family, and I am an Olympic fanatic, but just see many professional sports leagues going to the wayside of profit over love of the game. That saddens me. I grew up playing competitive soccer, and there is much to learn from playing sports. Discipline, cooperation, tenacity and passion are all amazing things you can learn from playing sports.

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By: ♥Rhonda In Alabama♥

♥Rhonda In Alabama♥ — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:03:36 +0000

Wow that is so true too never thought of it like that but it sure did seem that way. It really does
disgust me. I am guilty of watching College football an only that I do not watch the professionals anymore. But I never wish for anyone to get hurt playing I know you will think I am silly but I do say a prayer before an during games to please not let anyone get hurt. I do like to see a young man get into the pro side though an succeed an hopefully give back to their community which most of them do. But so many get lost also in the power an greed of the pro’s it is sad to see that.

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By: spotted couch

spotted couch — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 03:26:02 +0000

Absolutely true PF. In fact, I just went back in and linked the alternate juror with your article as it really articulates her antics so well. I hadn’t even considered the jousting that came afterwards as being connected to the gladiator-esque style of the media. Apparently, we have learned nothing and keep propagating these horrible tactics. To elevate whom? I am personally offended by the women who do this noble picking. I am NOT one of those, and am pretty sure that the ladies I choose to keep company with would never stoop to such levels.

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By: Pitchforks

Pitchforks — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 03:07:21 +0000

“……and has been whoring her twisted views on twitter and HLN ever since….”
Exactly! In fact, keeping with the gladiatorial theme one could project forward 1,000 years into medieval times when jousting became popular, usually ending in the death or severe injury of one of the horse-backed parties. The practice was for noble ladies to pick their favourites and offer them a scarf to wear on their jousting sticks, so that in effect each jouster was “fighting for his lady”. This is not greatly removed today from the hoards of women who pick their favourite lawyer, invariably the prosecutor, and cheer him on, swooning, as he battles against the evil defense lawyer. Wasn’t Juan Martinez “jousting” with the ferocity of a chain-mailed knight charging his opponent and all who spoke for him with a deadly battering ram?
“It’s not too much of a stretch” to say that juror #17 and her fawning ilk hold out their handkerchiefs to the prosecutor, urging him to fight for THEM, and collapse in tearful quasi-erotic delight when he “wins”……
Begods!!

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By: spotted couch

spotted couch — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 01:45:50 +0000

Rhonda, what a great comment. The article you posted is quite fascinating.

“6. Obsession with Sports and Entertainment -The Roman poet Juvenal (circa 100 A.D.) wrote regarding the way latter-day Roman emperors retained power and control over the masses that were seemingly more than happy to obsess themselves with trivialities and self-indulgences while their once-great-and-powerful empire collapsed before their very eyes.”

Wow. It is so fitting to contemporary society — even in Canada. In a recent “strike” in the NHL, despite their obvious greed, people returned at full speed watching the games. I used to love hockey, but after the first strike I just quit watching. I’m not opposed to sports or even in denial of its entertainment value, but surely it is a distraction from more important concerns? Thank you for your post!

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By: ♥Rhonda In Alabama♥

♥Rhonda In Alabama♥ — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 01:34:45 +0000

Government Corruption – The Roman Empire fell because it was bankrupted by its leaders. Roman Senators were selfish and self-absorbed, determined to hoard the huge wealth of the empire and enhance their wealth even further. The common people lost all power.
http://hotbedinfo.com/2011/06/top-10-similarities-between-the-fall-of-rome-and-the-fall-of-america/

Yes I agree it is disgusting watching people act this way in today’s world.

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