Reply #14: DuctTape Fatwa, I'll Drink To That!

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People don't WANT their illusions shattered, and will only abandon them when the repo man is at the door.

I was trying to understand George W. Bush, and looking for insights into how and why he views the world as he does. A friend suggested that I couldn't understand Bush until I understood Texas, and that I couldn't understand Texas until I understood Texas high school football. He suggested the book "Friday Night Lights", and man, was he ever on target. It's not really about football. It's really about illusions and just how far people will go to feed them, and what they will sacrifice to keep them alive.

Note to Lone Star DUers: this isn't intended as a slam on them "ignernt Texans". In light of folks like Ann Richards, Jim Hightower and Molly Ivins, such a slam is not only offensive but logically indefensible. It's really about a pathology that exists throughout the US, but which may be somewhat stronger in your part of the world than elsewhere.