CactusCowboy said:
Lets see, we just signed the guy and:
We find out he has a book published that he apparently did not bother to enlighten the Cowboys about
The Tuna was not on board with this signing, not really a great thing when The Tuna is The Coach
Polls show many Cowboy fans very upset
Great past Cowboys have come out against this signing
And.......we have another month before the draft starts......
C A N C E R !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cactus, you are entertaining as hell.
Tho I respect your 'no victory without honor' stance, I have to question the root of your opposition to Eldorado. Is it REALLY your conviction that he will be a cancer here....or something more personal?
I too had to examine my horror at the signing, and found that while I fully expect he will IMPROVE the team's chances, and perhaps immensely, his presence still goes beyond galling.
Because TO represents one of the, imo, worst aspects of modern life..the never ending lust for the limelight, the craving for celebrity, the need to be 'seen', 'heard', and stand above the crowd, I found it very hard to take a purely 'football' view of his signing.
Really, every time I witness a gauche shopper yakking private business loudly on a cell phone, forcing fellow customers to eavesdrop against their wills, every time I hear a booming stereo, spy an outfit so revealing it's fit solely for the beach, or observe an arrogant or demanding ego in any scenario, I think: TO SYNDROME.
Any time I notice yet another crass loss of reticence, and cherished reserve, another absence of the politeness that once characterized everyday life, or see needless grandstanding over miniscule success, observe yet another braying jackarse full of himself, or take stock of my own message board behavior, I am appalled.
TO SYNDROME has reared its ugly head again.
The uncontrollable urge to be 'looked at', the reality tv phenomenon, the sad conclusion that just to be oneself is to be 'nobody'..it's all part of the TO SYNDROME.
The real 'cancer' that Mr Owens represents so well is the growing blight on our body politic, the need to be noticed, to tell all, to worship the Paris Hiltons and the Bode Millers..to be seen, and heard,
continually.
Poor TO just takes our own pathology to an extreme. He is disliked because we may become what he art, and the manic gleam in his eye as the cameras fondle his driveway workouts render us much too uncomfortable - how undignified would WE become under his degree of fame? Would we too lack all sense of propriety, all sense of shame, and out Jeff Garcia just because we had nothing else to say?
Look deep, Cactus, and I think you will agree the cancer you so rightly fear is not the one growing just on the team, but the monstrous tumour that has mishapen our national dignity and
human grace. TO is the slap in the face to selfless behavior and the once common refinement characterized by reserve and refusal to 'tell all'.
TO is what we could be with tighter abs and a few seconds more speed. Constantly self-aggrandizing and attention voracious. A rabid wolf of publicity seeking. A walking tabloid blowing thru the streets of an X rated movie.
And of course, he has a BOOK coming out! LMAO!
Frightening!! :laugh2:
