Con Corea tambaleándose ao bordo dunha guerra quente, un desastre ecolóxico de proporción sen precedentes e disturbios civís en Xamaica (alguén durou a súa melodía) – só por citar algúns dos titulares actuais doutras fontes – CNN tómase o tempo para enrolar a súa primeira páxina.
Normalmente me emociono un pouco cando me vexo artigos coma este porque sempre teño esperanzas de algo tan ridículo que hai que discutilo. Afortunadamente, a CNN está dirixida por equipos de titís borrachos aos que lles gusta botarnos caralladas. Antes da época de Skeptical Moth, compartiría ligazóns para historias de portada sobre os descubrimentos de pé grande, chupacabra e extraterrestres con só uns poucos amigos ou difundilo por Facebook. Agora podo ridiculizar a CNN nun medio arquivado en Google.
Simplemente non entendo o sentido deste artigo. John Blake non discute unha explicación para este fenómeno, ofrecer unha opinión, ou facer calquera dúbida. Claro, pregunta se a Deus lle importa de verdade quen gañe, pero esa pregunta non é máis válida que preguntar se o meu can (tamén de ficción) importa que tipo de coche conduzo (a non ser que of course it is psychic! Seriously…people believe this). When I read articles like this I feel as if I am grading papers in a high school english class. There is no journalistic integrity, intelligent opinion or factual basis for the scribbling – there are just pretty pictures and words illustrating them. Setting the whole prayer and faith issue aside; athletes have always been known for their superstitions (outro). O “acceptance speech” phenomenon undoubtedly falls under this category. After achieving a statistically small outcome (Ver hot hands), they are afraid of forgetting God in fear of magically losing their ability (not necessarily consciously). For some reason Blake restrains this article to only sports – perhaps he is intentionally playing into the massive demographic of American sports loving, bud-light swilling, christians – but clearly this is a reoccurring theme. At any awards ceremony God, Jesus or Allah is usually at the top of the thank-you list. Forget all that hard work and talent you might have, it was something or someone else. Abandoning all rational thought to a mystical being is a dangerous thing. This mindset is the same one that allows addicts to blame anyone but themselves (even if addiction is in part hard-wired), believe in faith healing, start a holy war, or let the Catholic church blame the devil.
CNN is flashing the lights and jingling the keys over the faces of their readers. Usually I leave it up to FOX news to insult my intelligence, but I am glad to know I have a choice in this market.
Not to mention the lack of consideration God gave to the opponent of the victor (despite whatever hard work and preparation they may have had).
If I ever have a health challenge I need to call upon God to help me with, I hope it’s not amputation!