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Dear
Sir/Madam,
You don't seem
to have a
"sports
editor", so
I'm not sure
who to send
this to. It is
in response
to what your
"sports
correspondent",
Andrew Culf,
wrote in
today's
Guardian: "Flintoff
joins big
hitters but is
not in
Beckham's
league
".
I watched a
bit of the
test cricket
last week and
was beginning
to warm to the
sport - to the
extent of
thinking of
watching some
more when the
final test
begins later
this week. But
after reading
Andrew Culf's
article, I've
decided not to
bother.
It was rather
like taking an
interest in an
attractive
woman who had
recently moved
into the
street. Having
exchanged a
few friendly
words with her
over the
garden gate
and discovered
that she was
not only
unattached and
good-looking,
but
intelligent
too, my heart
was beginning
to flutter a
little. Then I
discover that
she is in fact
a whore who
will go with
any bloke with
a fat enough
wallet.
We wonder what
is wrong with
modern
society. I'll
tell you: It's
the primitive,
commercial and
materialistic
values that we
have all been
brought up on,
and thus seem
so "normal
", that
form the
foundation of
our
socio-economic
order, and
that even many
so-called
"progressives" embrace
as belonging
to the natural
order of
things.
In a sense
they are
right: it is
in the natural
order of
things, as
determined by
our primitive
animal nature,
which our
free-market
economy has
been so well
adapted to
exploit (our
animal fears,
greed and competitivness;
our primitive
interest in
sex, free or
cheap lunches,
power, social
status etc).
Is there no
one at the
Guardian
(which is
supposed to be
one of
Britain's most
"progressive"
newspapers)
who
understands
the dire need
for us to
create an
alternative
socio-economic
order based on
values that
are rooted
instead in our
more
enlightened,
human nature?
If there is,
they might
like to get in
touch with me.
There is a
revolution to
organise, and
we don't have
a lot of time
before a
ruthless
mother nature
will force
sustainability
upon us.
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