Friday, June 25, 2010

Testosterone Required, Part 2

In light of Tuesday's post, I thought I'd share a little wisdom from G.K. Chesterton about men and competition:

"It may be said that in masculine sports and games, there is definite emulation and eclipse.  There is indeed emulation, but this is only an ardent sort of equality.  Games are competitive, because that is the only way of making them exciting.  If anyone doubts that men must forever return to the ideal of equality, it is only necessary to answer that there is such a thing as a handicap.  If men exulted in mere superiority, they would seek to see how far such superiority would go; they would be glad when one strong runner came in miles ahead of all the rest.  But what men like is not the triumph of superiors, but the struggle of equals; and therefore, they introduce even into their competitive sports an artificial equality."


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