Friday, August 9, 2013

Mashed Potatoes

"Get in the hole". Is there a more stupid thing to yell at deafening decibels when a golfer tees off on a par 5 hole? Barely, but "mashed potatoes" edges it out for me. Fifteen seconds of fame golf fans hoping to be heard by the nation or world during a live telecast.

Yes these are indeed stupid people with no respect for the game, or free speech. Dignity and respect being both dying values these days, and as they die among fans on a golf course so they ripple up through society into the upper echelons of social, work and political circles.

In the name of free speech I would prefer something more along the lines of someone orating a phrase the way they do in Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, or even better, a Pussy Riot performance. Yes I long for a time when dignity and decorum were broken for a meaningful purpose, not an ego induced meglomania. I long not just for free speech, but free speech that carries our society forward.

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