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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Apr 4 20:37:43 2011, in response to Re: Why Does Everything Suck?, posted by AlM on Mon Apr 4 20:31:03 2011. You're comparing apples and oranges.Not really. Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods are two of the best athletes who have lived in the last 50 years. Manning Marable is a first rate historian but not one of the greatest ever. And this is why I'm not "comparing apples and oranges" like you falsely claimed, even the greatest historian ever won't be remembered as much as Jordan or Woods. If you want analogs of Jordan and Woods in the world of history and politics, you'd have to compare to Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. The Civil Rights movement is shell of its former self, it's pretty unlikely that anyone involved in the Civil Rights movement will have the same legacy as Mandela or King. And I think in 100 years they will be remembered better than Jordan and Woods. I disagree, Jackie Robinson & Martin Luther King, Jr. pretty much have the same recognition today as they did when they died. Most Americans are also into sports & will forever know Jordan & Woods as two of the greatest athletes. |
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