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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 863557" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>Yep.</p><p></p><p>Don’t know about others but the last 2 years of Covid have been a real bummer for my circle of family and friends. I’ll leave it at that but it’s not hard for me to believe that this has bled over into almost all aspects of life. Pessimism is an easy default setting right now if you’ve seen 2 years of sickness and death plus disruptions to travel, vacations and entertainment.</p><p></p><p>Adding to that there is a general sourness in our national mood. To say too much about that would get me into controversial territory but suffice it to say that for too many of us the only way we seem to know how to engage anymore is to attack or make snide and demeaning comments. I’m reminded of an idea found in the New Testament, “All things are lawful to me but not all things are helpful or build up.” It’s hard work to build something up and make it better. Patience is required but that is in short supply. Right now our free speech rights and general freedoms have become an entitlement that obscures the idea of working for a greater good. Heaven forbid we should sacrifice our feelings for someone else.</p><p></p><p>Having said all that I don’t want to ask too much of a sports blog or message board. To some degree this is the place where we can leave our dirty dishes in the sink, our underwear on the floor and not shave for three days. We can be less refined and vent our spleen. But the problem is, I think, many of us want a garden oasis away from the daily strife, an escape if you will.</p><p></p><p>I think some people leave this site or become inactive because it no longer seems to afford them a healthy escape. If the noxious tone of the internet and our national conversation is going to infect this place then why bother. Others will drift away because for them nothing can be learned right now from this experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 863557, member: 1640"] Yep. Don’t know about others but the last 2 years of Covid have been a real bummer for my circle of family and friends. I’ll leave it at that but it’s not hard for me to believe that this has bled over into almost all aspects of life. Pessimism is an easy default setting right now if you’ve seen 2 years of sickness and death plus disruptions to travel, vacations and entertainment. Adding to that there is a general sourness in our national mood. To say too much about that would get me into controversial territory but suffice it to say that for too many of us the only way we seem to know how to engage anymore is to attack or make snide and demeaning comments. I’m reminded of an idea found in the New Testament, “All things are lawful to me but not all things are helpful or build up.” It’s hard work to build something up and make it better. Patience is required but that is in short supply. Right now our free speech rights and general freedoms have become an entitlement that obscures the idea of working for a greater good. Heaven forbid we should sacrifice our feelings for someone else. Having said all that I don’t want to ask too much of a sports blog or message board. To some degree this is the place where we can leave our dirty dishes in the sink, our underwear on the floor and not shave for three days. We can be less refined and vent our spleen. But the problem is, I think, many of us want a garden oasis away from the daily strife, an escape if you will. I think some people leave this site or become inactive because it no longer seems to afford them a healthy escape. If the noxious tone of the internet and our national conversation is going to infect this place then why bother. Others will drift away because for them nothing can be learned right now from this experience. [/QUOTE]
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