Think About It

I was a wrestling fan when I was younger. (Maybe I should say I was a fan of ‘Rasslin’ – you know the stuff that was done by people like Dusty Rhodes, Andre the Giant and the Funk Brothers). I would get wound up over who beat who in the spotlight matches on Saturday afternoons. In fact, my friends and I would argue over our favorites to the point that we might get in a scrap that chipped away at our relationship. Come to find out years later, these guys who seemed to hate each other on T.V. were eating dinners together and riding the same bus or plane to the next venue. I wonder how many childhood friendships were destroyed (or at least damaged) by cosmetic rivalries. The reason I bring up old-time wrestling is that I see something akin to it in modern times. I wonder if modern debaters have done us as much good as the heartache they have caused? There are a lot of politicians, pundits and community leaders that are driving wedges between people. They stand up on their platfor