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Whatever happened to that? Or actually being competitive in an activity?
I don't care how many out of shape people attempt a marathon, that's their insanity. But wouldn't they be better served by actually getting into shape intelligently, instead of making a fool of themselves by trying an approach to make them "feel good" about themselves?
We used to strive for excellence. Now we want to give praise to & give out awards to everyone that attempts something. No wonder we are mired in mediocrity. This pathetic attempt to make everyone feel "equal" is an insult to the ones that really do attempt to improve themselves, AS WELL AS to the person of average talent that doesn't have as much committment to the endeavour, & thus doesn't do more to become better at it than stumble across the line well after everyone else has gone home.
Sad, so very sad.
