BOOHOOHOO wrote:
Why does there have to be a story. Everyone in this country has been building churches, parents have Cancer, totally impoverished, everyone killed in a Traffic Acc., born with some disease, recovering now from Cancer, lost this limb or that and on and on and on. Last Olympics the USA BooHoo stories went on and on for an hour on every athlete. Why can't just once every four years we have the top athletes in the world compete. Don't want to hear the life of building churches and saving the world hero stuff. Got to hear that every day, on every channel on all stories and commercials. Every second for four years, then just give us a break for two weeks please!
You seem to have recognized that suffering, pain, and heartbreak are inescapable features of the human condition.
Indeed, all human endeavor can be characterized as nobly ignoring the futility of our efforts.
it is right and proper that we celebrate it.