Among the Intellectualoids
No Blues, No Boos
Niceness rules, so that everyone can end up a clueless and self-satisfied loser.
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The British yah-boo system is better. Hackneyed politicians in the House of Commons can't get through more than a few lines of their speeches before being hit with a barrage of taunts and jeers. It cuts the pomposity.
Look back in history. The countries that got most in trouble were the ones that quit the booing, quit heaping abuse on their politicians. What's bad is when everyone stays quietly in line, doing "Sieg Heil," no matter how nuts it gets.
And so, we're now at the point where we can't bring our own Jack Daniel's to the game, can't smoke and can't holler. Why go?
About the Author
Ralph R. Reiland is the B. Kenneth Simon professor of free enterprise and an associate professor of economics at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh.
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