Vandaler:
Doesn’t make you bad guys, It isolates you.
And the fact you don’t mind only reinforces the sad state of affairs.
Isolation isn’t bad if you are the most effective ONE in the world! Jesus (not comparing ANYONE to God, folks, but listen up) isolated himself to the most horrific degree–on the cross–to do the greatest good. He was ridiculed, spat at, etc, BUT HE WAS RIGHT–so he didn’t care to hire a crackerjack public relations firm to “make people like him more”.
Some might argue that Michael Jordan was isolated because he was a man among boys, more intense, more dedicated to getting the job done then anyone, that he was off-putting even to teammates.
One might say that he only won championships when he “trusted his teammates” or “gave up the ball a bit more” etc, In other words, he “became a team player”.
But the truth is LESS that Michael came down from his standards to meet his teammates. It’s a FAR greater truth that he demanded that players lived UP to his, and players did things at a higher effectiveness and efficiency, and the rest, as they say, is history.
The UN is like a overpaid athlete who smiles for the cameras, mails in his performance, and collects his check.
THe USA is the Michael Jordan of the world. Flawless? NO. But no one works harder, plays harder (to a fault, sometimes), and brings more value to the rest of the world than the USA.
If other countries modeled themselves after the US, rather than the US relinquishing her standards to appease the UN, the world would, in a sense, win championship after championship.
