I have to admit that I too have contracted Linsanity of a sorts. Although I am 6'3 I have no real interest in basketball. I only occasionally watch the sport, and that is just with friends, never by myself. I only ever play the sport at the park or in gym class, it is usually with reluctance and annoyance that no one else wants to play soccer. And yet, I still like Lin. I have only seen one game of Lin's, last Friday's game against the Lakers. I saw Lin cutting in, scoring, assisting. He was really on his game and the entire crowd was behind, with many people wearing shirts with things like "All I do is Lin, Lin, Lin" and that sort of material. The obsession is probably associated because Lin is such a good player who does not fit the stereotypical basketball star mold. He, along with Kobe during that game, are very fun to watch and I admit without shame that I do, to at least some extent, been caught up with Jeremy Lin.
MIA:
In my opinion, there is probably not much to MIA's bird towards the camera at the Super Bowl and the arguments on youtube are probably equally as pointless. People argue on youtube all the time and vastly different topics on the pages of vastly different videos and these arguments are almost always nonsensical. MIA should only be happy that her probably arbitrary action caused so much fervor on her youtube video for "Bad Girls". It is just adding viewers to the video's page, and she should like that. Her action, however, probably had no real significance and the fact that people are arguing about the overarching symbolism and reason for it are, like most things that get analyzed, getting OVER-analyzed. It was such an insignificant event that I hardly remember it, and I know no one I talked to that following Monday even mentioned. People should just move on and find something more interesting to do/talk about.
PA Gun Law:
First off, the article is obviously biased. The author clearly believes the bill should have been passed without complications and that legislators should not have taken action at places that enacted local laws. This however, is not necessarily a bad thing considering I agree with the author; at least in the way he/she described what was going on. What is wrong with punishing those who inadvertantly cause life-taking crimes when all they'd have to do is report that there gun was stolen or lost. It makes sense, why wouldn't they alert someone that their most dangerous possesion has been stolen? Is everyone a witchcraft practicer or something? It is odd that they'd be scared of putting this bill in place and it raises some sort of speculation about those people. There seems to be no negative side to the bill; all it'd be doing is preventing violent crimes. Do these legislators want violent crime?
Alek, I am really surprised that you have caught "Linsanity" taking into consideration that you do not usually like basketball. Although this is the case, it shows how Jeremy Lin is leaving an impact on everybody, not just basketball players. Regardless if someone cares for basketball, everyone loves a story about an unexpected superstar making an imprint on the game. I also agree with the fact that the MIA flipping the bird situation is over-analyzed. I would not even have known about it until I read this article. You also mentioned that the gun article was biased. I think that authors do this on purpose in order for readers to actually read the article because it would be somewhat interesting if opinion was incorporated into the article.
ReplyDeleteI agree with many of the points you have made in you blog. I do think that the article was bias as well, and that the author believed that the bill should have been passed. Also, why is that a bad thing? I believe that it should have been passed as well, that it creates a safer place to live, and helps families grow in a better environment. This new law I think will have change Pennsylvania for the better, help us help each other, and maybe even help push the rest of the country in the right direction.
ReplyDeletei like your response the first article you read. exept i stand at 5'2 and still have imtrest in basket ball. i do play the sport often and i am in a war team. Lin does not fir the stereotypical basketball player which is why it was so interesting. we didn't read many of the same articles but i do like reading your responses.
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