Lots of 'tests' out there in the real world today! Politics is testing the mettle of candidates in the Presidential race in the US on both sides of the aisle. Hillary versus Bernie; Trump versus the world; Cruz versus himself; all the others versus all the others!
Tests also exist on the cultural plain -- this is SuperBowl weekend. Will we watch? Should we watch? We no know that many of those NFL stars that we watch are affected by, and perhaps dying of, cte (chronic traumatic encephalopathy)! Do we feel at all guilty about enjoying young men "kill themselves" playing football! Today, Wednesday, is also "national signing day" for high school athletes on the way to college football teams around the US. The SEC is vying with the Big Ten, and every major team within those conferences is vying with every other team. All for football -- all for the "glory" of the game -- all for "big money" from the TV networks, cable networks, sponsors, and rich alumni! And all of the backs of 18-22 year old's laying themselves open to "cte" by playing football.
Is our "love of football" worth all those lives? Is it? Can February survive without the SuperBowl?
Can we?
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