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...athletes to maintain an authenticity that we don't want to--to be museum pieces of purity. Is that hypocritical? Yes, because the fan-athlete relationship is inherently hypocritical: fans want sports heroes to be more admirable than the rest of us. We used to worship athletes for being mightier, faster, greater than we could imagine. The day may come when we gather in stadiums--with our bought-and-paid-for brains, bodies and libidos--and cheer on players for making do with less...
...athletes to maintain an authenticity that we don't want to-to be museum pieces of purity. Is that hypocritical? Yes, because the fan-athlete relationship is inherently hypocritical: fans want sports heroes to be more admirable than the rest of us. We used to worship athletes for being mightier, faster, greater than we could imagine. The day may come when we gather in stadiums-with our bought-and-paid-for brains, bodies and libidos-and cheer on players for making do with less...
...added, “It’s easy for privileged people to ignore realities like this, even when they’re right in front of you. But art is mightier than apathy...
...Raja G. Haddad ’05 decided to get in on the action like Humbert Humbert at an Aaron Carter concert. Haddad’s over-enthusiastic pelvic thrusts and occasional biting prompted onlookers to wince. Come on Raja: don’t you know the pen is mightier than the, uh, sword...
...terms of improving the world, Blumenfeld still considers the pen mightier than the sword, having editorialized on Bush’s policies in The Times of London, The Guardian, and elsewhere. He has also participated in anti-war marches in England, his first experiences as an active demonstrator...