Uplift, regardless of your judgement of those people, they were doing what you recommend people do: being positive of their own rightness, regardless of what other people say. That is a quality that you profess to admire! In this case, you are the "other people," so does that mean you only want people to own their rightness if YOU think they're right?
Incidentally, I happen to think that Muhammad Ali's profession, fighting for money, is "dumb", as you put it. Especially considering all the pain and mental and physical problems he's had as a direct result of it. I don't condone beating people to a bloody pulp any more than you condone mass execution. Or Britney's recent performances. |