In the Academy Award winning movie, Network, viewers were told to stop what they were doing, stamp down their feet, open the windows and shout "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
viewers would rather cheer on mendacity, mediocrity, stupidity than do something constructive---like, say, masturbate or shuck corn
The fear of saying no is fueled by the fear of being offensive, uncool, being pegged as a hindrance to someone's advancement. How dare you tell me no? comes the rebuttal. You can't judge me, blah, blah, blah.
Look around us. Look at the fools on television. Real people making blatant fools of themselves on camera because 1) they can't act, 2) think very little of preserving self-dignity, 3) their friends and family are awol. These wannabes and reality show celebs, in turn, are bolstered by the mass of viewers who would rather cheer on mendacity, mediocrity, stupidity than do something constructive---like, say, masturbate or shuck corn.
Why wasn't Kyle Maynard given a definitive rejection to his fight petition? So what he's a heart of gold and indomitable spirit, the man is still a congenital amputee---a head atop a muscular torso with four protruding stubs---and, as any reasonable person can see, is therefore unfit to fight in caged mixed martial arts bouts (MMA). But reasonable people are as scarce as are polite people in New York Shitty.
Sports writer Dan Wetzel regarded Maynard's MMA ambition a picture of courage. I call it a picture of absurdity. Circus geek comes to mind. I couldn't even stomach to watch the three minute footage. I would've posted the clip here for your own judgement but it's been removed from the Internet due to some copyright claim.
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