The authorities cited in various of the synagogues… are not of one mind on whether gambling is sinful, in Jewish traditions, historically speaking. But the more widely held view is… that it is frowned upon.
Yesterday, Mr. Mirengoff rose to point out the ill-effects of sports betting… on sports — as a pure form of entertainment. Fine — even though I might agree with him on the narrow point, I accept the counter arguments… as reasonable views.
Why I write about this trivial matter… is to note that sports aren’t and never were… pure. They are forever at least in part corrupted by all the various ills that afflict humanity more widely, in my view. Selfishness, ego… and of course unearned favoritism… infect every sport.
So the exercise is more academic than useful, in my estimation — despite Paul’s twin posts on its ills, over the last 28 hours or so.
[Plainly, the soon to be convicted felon, running for president, under 93 counts of four separate felony indictments should merit wall-to-wall, 24/7/365 coverage from Paul and the Powerline boys — if in fact they get this worked up about simple entertainment’s… flaws. In most cases the betting is lawful — not a traffic ticket — let alone a felony, boys. What say ye, about Tangerine?]
This is all particularly ironic, given that Scott Johnson today claims Mr. Biden lied, about why he went to work in the Public Defender’s office in Delaware, up and leaving a white shoe law firm, over 60 years ago. Even if the story cannot be documented, from a more than half century old set of court records, in admin. law — where the workers’ comp claim would have first been heard… that is not unusual. It would not have gone into any published trial court records, unless the worker had appealed. Apparently the worker did not appeal the denial of claim. Damn son… you are fussing about that, with your felon-in-waiting… running for preznit — today?
In any event, it is ALSO interesting that he and his former colleagues claim from time to time, to no longer watch certain sports, and leagues — solely because they’ve adopted one other perceived flaw (one they term “wokeness“). [But in fact, I think in those cases it has more to do with so few whyte athletes any longer enjoying unearned favoritism — from their coaches, managers and paymasters.]
So, to write off a sport for the imagined offense of “wokeness” makes even less sense than writing a sport off because a lot of people… bet on it.
We accept that from time to time, even in New York, at the Met Opera… a discordant note is occasionally heard. But it is still… entertainment.
And that is all sports represent: an unscripted drama.
To be sure, when kids play sports, we should all work hard to keep it as pure as humanly possible — no one should be betting on outcomes — for there, the sport is primarily a teacher, about humility, free-lancing the best outcome, while committing to hard-work — to team efforts… and simply the joy of being on the field or the court. Breathing fresh air.
Here ends my trivial pursuit.
Out.
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