This week was the NBA draft and there weren’t too many surprises this year, or at least less than usual. I also noticed that there were more Americans drafted than usual. It was no secret that this year’s draft class was deeper than usual. This could be the beginning of a renewed effort of
As many of you may know, professional wrestler Chris Benoit murdered his wife and his seven year old son before committing suicide. The media is trying to make it look like Chris Benoit did steroids and other drugs and that caused him to kill his wife and son. This took me by surprised because he isn’t the type of person who would do that. He is a family man and a true role model. He didn’t come to the ring with pyrotechnics nor did he taunt while walking to the ring. He stepped in the ring and took care of business every night. He never has bad matches. Chris Benoit did not ask for respect and he didn’t demand it; he earned it. He will go down as one of the all time greats and as one of the greatest pure wrestlers of all time. Do not let this tragedy take away from what type of person Chris Benoit was. Something had to cause him to snap to the point of doing what he did.
The media is going to use this to slander professional wrestling. They always judge people without getting all of the facts. For example, look at the Duke Lacrosse case. The media declared them as guilty without all the facts. I am certain a crime was committed at the party and they may have something to do with it but not rape. The media judges based on stereotypes. For example, they never show African-Americans in a good light but some Caucasians do the same things and it is never reported on the news. During senior year in high school, some seniors (not me) staged a protest outside of the school and there were news choppers over the scene. Later on that night at the football game when we were playing our rivals, there was a fight over in the rivals’ stands. The media said that some of our students snuck over there and started fighting on that side when in fact the fight was between 2 gangs. I never hear about the positive things that African-Americans do. The media wants to prejudge everyone and sometimes they are wrong. I would have thought that they would have learned to not rush to judgment but I guess I was wrong. I urge you to not make the same mistakes they made because sometimes looks can be deceiving.
As a tribute to Chris Benoit’s life and career, the theme of the week is “Whatever” by Our Lady Peace, the entrance theme for Chris Benoit.
Theme of the Week: http://rob.underwood2005.googlepages.com/ChrisBenoit.mp3
Quotes of the Week:
“A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business. He should live each day as if it was a pre-flight check. He should ask each morning, ‘Am I prepared to lift-off?’ ” –Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
“No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.” -W. H. Auden
“Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.” –Margaret Cho
“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waster of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only for wallowing in.” –Katherine Mansfield
As I conclude, this tragedy has reminded me how short life is. As the first quote says above, life could end so very quickly. That’s why I thank God that He woke me up this morning because He didn’t have to. Somebody this morning didn’t wake up. It brings to mind a question posed to use in church, “If you were to die right now, do you know where you are going to spend the rest of eternity?” I know that I know that I know where I am going when I die. Do you?
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