I'm not a sports fan, but I had the Lakers game on briefly last night, and I see what you mean.
Basketball is one of those professions that has thousands of failures for every success. Music -- a profession I considered briefly -- is similar. Parents from the most successful cultural groups usually prohibit their kids from pursuing professional sports. It's too big a gamble. Please note I am expressing observations on collectivist behavior, not advocating it. I argue with all my non-libertarian friends against any government actions or laws based on anything other than the American individual. From: gary popkin Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Libertarian] Stop the War FOR Terror Bob Giramma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: By what measure of success would the average be better for kids in urban Detroit vs. those in suburban Boston? Achievement in basketball. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
