there's a war in iraq & stupid fans cry over a baseball team losing?

Question

what sad priorities people have these days. they rather cry over a stupid zillion dollar baseball team losing then to cry over a american soldier who dies in iraq or afghanistan. seriously some people here need a life. a baseball team losing is not the end of the world or the end of your life.

Answer 1

I respect what the US soldiers are doing for our country, but I don't believe in the reasons that they are there in the first place. I also don't know any soldiers that are over there. So unfortunately I don't have a vested interest. I believed in the 1st Desert Storm. But think this "war" is just dragged out. No disrespect to those with families and friends who they have lost or they have over there, but to me personally it carries little meaning.

I HAVE been watching baseball for the last 6 months. I do have an interest in the games. My team isn't in it, but I am still a fan, and I have chosen watching baseball as a form of entertainment for myself. So "It's my Baseball, and I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry if I want to."

After 9/11 they encouraged Baseball to start back up again, because people NEEDED to get back to their everyday lives. We didn't all stop and join the army, we moved on.

I see where you are trying to go with your argument, but I just don't find it very valid. It's like saying "People are starving in Africa, yet I bet you throw away food everynight from dinner." Hell, never mind Africa. People are probably starving in an alley a couple miles from your house, but are you out there trying to help them find food? or a home? or a job? No, I didn't think so. Don't tell me this is different either. You can't take a global issue and try to compare it to everyday life. If that was the case, then none of us are leading the lives we should be.

Well, I got to call my brother now and tell him I can't watch the game with him tonight, because I am going to sit in front of CNN to try to get updates from the war in Iraq, even though there is nothing I can do about it except respect our soldiers efforts and support them.

Answer 2

While I agree with you, the war is not the only thing going on right now. I support the troops as much as anyone and hope for their safe return. While I am here in the good ole U S of A, i take in sports to help pass the time from work and the crazy news I get from TV. When my team loses I don't cry, i might get upset for a little while but I don't cry. However, that being said, there are people that are more sensative with their emotions and tend to wear them on their sleeve. If they cry because their team lost, so what? Does that mean they don't care about our troops, no it does not. Sports are emotional, I cry whenever I hear a good rendetion of the Star Spangled Banner before the game, or when an athlete does something amazing or inspirational. When you are truly a fan of one team and you support them through thick and thin, is it so bad to feel their pain and express emotion by crying for them for a brief period? I don't think so no. If all we did was think about the war nothing would get done and people would stop living their lives. I dare say there are a few service men and women who watch those games and some might even cry themselves when their team gets eliminated, who knows. I can say they care about their teams while over there, I know that for a fact.

Answer 3

I support our troops, that is why I question our leaders. Baseball is a past time that is enjoyed by many. We know there is a war going on in Iraq. It could be over if Bush would not be pushing his own personal objectives and saying he is doing this for the good of our country.

We should not focus on the bad things 24/7. It is not healthy. I am a Cards fan and I am not crying that my team isn't in the playoffs this year. I am routing for any NL team except the Cubs.

Answer 4

I do not get angry or upset when my team loses. Maybe a little depressed for about 10 minutes. But I tell myself its only a game, not a life or death issue. I have seen too much devastation in the past 9 years to get upset if my team loses. I was working in New York on 9/11/01 and I worked in La. after Hurricane Rita. When I think of what I saw there, who wins or loses a baseball game there is no comparison. Anyone who get angry and throw a temper tantrum is just showing their immaturity.

Answer 5

I was IN Afghanistan at Camp Phoenix in Kabul.

Lots of us liked being able to watch/read about/talk about baseball because it reminded us of home.

Have you been in Iraq or Afghanistan and made sure you always knew where your body armor and helmet were? Did you have to head for the bunker when a car bomb blew up? Did you ride in the back of a truck while people had their weapons locked and loaded?

I think the answer is "no."

SO SHUT UP!

Answer 6

When are you going to give us all a break and come down from your pedestal? It must be so nice to be up their casting judgment on everyone's lives. Who is it exactly that appointed you to be the judge, jury and executioner over what people get upset about? Is your feeble mind not capable of understanding that different people get upset about different things? Or is it that you assume because someone is upset over something that in the grand scheme of things is trivial, that they can not be upset about the greater things as well? I know that perhaps this is a foreign concept to you, and I don't want you to tax your mind too much thinking about it, but is it just possible that people who are upset over a baseball game can be equally or even more deeply upset by the larger issues in this world? Does the fact that someone is emotional about one particular thing make it impossible for them to have other things that upset them as well? Do you expect that someone who is reading one of your ridiculous rants will actually say to themselves, "Wow, I didn't know there was a war going on? Guess I'll just forget about everything else in my life that I love, and concentrate all my energy on being upset about this."?
Maybe instead of attempting to destroy the enjoyment of others, you should perhaps try to find something, anything in the world, that you do enjoy (other then deciding what is and isn't important for other people). Then perhaps you won't come across as such an egotistical, holier-than-thou jerk..
Try coming back when you become just a little more human.

Answer 7

That's fine, but who's crying? Real fans don't crouch up in the corner of their closet and cry for days on end when their team loses. In fact, the Yankees haven't won one in 7 years. Don't you think Yankee fans would honestly be used to it by now?

Oh, if you want to see a team with fans crying hysterically, see the New York Met fans. Well, then again you can't, none of them are here anymore...

Answer 8

I am not crying and if I remember correctly many people back during WWII used to go to the movies weekly just to forget their troubles for a while. Baseball is enjoyment and entertainment. Why dwell always on the bad?

Answer 9

I don't remember seeing anyone crying.......and I highly doubt any one of us has forgotten what is happening to our soldiers overseas. I'm sure we're all thankful for the diversion and happiness baseball is bringing us, and if the soldiers were home, they'd feel the same way.

Answer 10

Well there are stupid people crying over war when our planet is being destroyed. People are dying and doing this trivial fighting all because of Iraqi beliefs and at the same time our ozone is about to disappear. So do we kill each other in war or wait to be burned alive by the sun?