The fact that athletes can make so much money is absurd and imho a scandal. People around the world, whether they be soldiers, reporters, combat correspondents, humanitarian aid workers, etc, put their lives on the line for less than HALF the amount of money that dude makes IN A F*CKING WEEK.
Call me a communist, socialist, whatever you want, but THIS is where capitalism goes to far. That man lives better in one week than a soldier who saved an Iraqi family but happens to have PTSD will for the rest of his life. The system we live in is sick. It's just sick that someone can be making that much money when there is such unnoticed human suffering all around his ears. Thousands of people making under 50 grand a year will be more than 5 times the human being that man will ever be. I don't care if he gives money to charity, why doesn't someone like him actually go out and make a difference? Why doesn't he put his life on the line?
Call me a communist, socialist, whatever you want, but THIS is where capitalism goes to far. That man lives better in one week than a soldier who saved an Iraqi family but happens to have PTSD will for the rest of his life. The system we live in is sick. It's just sick that someone can be making that much money when there is such unnoticed human suffering all around his ears. Thousands of people making under 50 grand a year will be more than 5 times the human being that man will ever be. I don't care if he gives money to charity, why doesn't someone like him actually go out and make a difference? Why doesn't he put his life on the line?
Last edited by Spearhead (2007-01-12 19:07:36)