Why we play
Watching Superbowl reminds me of why men are kinda weird critters.
Most men by their nature, are violent, passionate, idiot savants. We tear things down, we hunt in packs, we create art and mayhem in equal measure. What civilizes us are two essentials. First, a way to shape our destructive urge. Turn the fire of Kali into an engine of creation. Some men run marathons, some turn to the gladiatorial sports. Hence the universal fascination with football, soccer,ice-boxing, er, ice hockey... Others, like myself, spend cold fall days stalking deer and elk - to experience and relive the primitive man within us. We cannot tame something we do not understand. Men instinctively get it. It's funny, how we are all alike in that way.
What we also need, often desperately and above all else, is to be surrounded by the company of noble and worthy women. Mothers, wives, sisters, girlfriends... they take the eccentric savant, the primitve savage and they tame him. That's their job and most do a great job of it.
So give the women close to you a hug - if you are so lucky. Don't forget to salute the ones who came before them, and take comfort in the presence of those to come.
Most men by their nature, are violent, passionate, idiot savants. We tear things down, we hunt in packs, we create art and mayhem in equal measure. What civilizes us are two essentials. First, a way to shape our destructive urge. Turn the fire of Kali into an engine of creation. Some men run marathons, some turn to the gladiatorial sports. Hence the universal fascination with football, soccer,
What we also need, often desperately and above all else, is to be surrounded by the company of noble and worthy women. Mothers, wives, sisters, girlfriends... they take the eccentric savant, the primitve savage and they tame him. That's their job and most do a great job of it.
So give the women close to you a hug - if you are so lucky. Don't forget to salute the ones who came before them, and take comfort in the presence of those to come.
