With the murder of the Washington Redskins' Pro Bowl safety Sean Taylor, 24, today we are reminded that sports are an indispensable and emotional staple of American life. Too often we find ourselves duped into believing that athletes are worthy of the lavish amounts of money and approbation that are heaped upon them. But with the death of Sean Taylor, a man who excelled at his chosen profession, we hear and feel the kind of collective gasp uttered by all sports fans. Fortunately, more often than not, these collective gasps are of hope or mere disappointment, shared in solidarity by fans of different stripes and different states, but not cut from a different cloth.
These athletes are not the golden gods we so often make them out to be, nor are they deserving of the intense opprobrium people like me have laid upon them. And given the news of an emerging framework for peace in the Middle East, sometimes we realize that despite the big business that sports have become in the last century, they are far from paramount in their worldly importance.
But enough sadness and lectures. Let's conclude this post with the help of Daily Snooze favorite and South Park resident, Eric Cartman, who surprised many with his appearance during Saturday's crazy day of college football, and who reminds us that laughter is often the best medicine.
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