在逛網站的時候不小心連結上的
是某個自由派反政府主義的人士 將Dee的籃球和自由派的主張作了一些連結
我是覺得挺妙的
沒想到Dee的影響還真深遠....
Diana Taurasi
by Lowell Potter
Taurasi . . . Diana Taurasi. Yeah, she's da bomb. What else could it be?
Who in the hell is Diana Taurasi, anyway? Well, that's like asking me who
in the hell is Rudi Bakhtiar? Turn on the tube. If you happen to be one of
the infinitesimally few who are still able to resist the ubiquitous modern
TV screen, I salute you!
Diana Taurasi is the talented and driven leader of the NCAA Woman's Champion
Connecticut Huskies basketball team. If you've never heard of Taurasi, or if
you've never seen her, there is a visual aura about her; compelling, animal-
istic, and intense. She's a full six feet of pure athletic ability and uncanny
co-ordination. Taurasi is a California girl born of South American Italian
immigrant parents, and, trust me, . . . Sophia Loren's got nothing on Diana
Taurasi! It's all about sex appeal, and this young lady has it---in spades!
That's why we watch women's sports.
"But, Potter," you say, "what has this Taurasi chick got to do with individual
freedom and liberty?" Well, I'll tell you. Lurking just below the more superf-
icial level of Taurasi's smoldering and mesmerizing eye-candy appeal, beats the
heart of the exemplary individual.
It should be obvious to even the most casual observer that at very the core of
Taurasi's being is the competitive drive for personal excellence. In her que-
st for this excellence, the ideals of dedication, sacrifice, and plain and
simple, old-fashioned hard work necessarily become the tools which enable her
ultimate success.
In essence, everything Diana Taurasi represents is the antithesis of the co-
llective mentality. Governments, of course, are the personification of this
collectivist mentality, a paradigm opposed to individualism since antiquity.
There really is nothing new under the sun! Let's quickly review just a few
of the contrasts between Taurasi, the individual, and the collective:
- Taurasi's apparently over-riding goal is excellence, while the collective
seeks an arbitrary and numbing egalitarianism.
- Taurasi works tirelessly to achieve her goals, while the collectivists
steal to achieve theirs.
- Taurasi looks within her spiritual self for strength and courage, while
the collective seeks strength and courage by wielding the biggest guns.
- Taurasi seeks to improve her associates through understanding, co-operation,
and hard work (that again?!?), while the collective seeks the same through
instilling fear, terror, and intimidation wielding the biggest guns.
- The fruits of Taurasi's labors have produced widespread gratification, sa-
tisfaction, and joyful affirmation, while the seeds of the collective his-
torically yield the bitter fruits of misery, destruction, degradation,
disgust, and loathing.
Yeah . . . Diana Taurasi. She's da bomb!
April 10, 2004
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