Posted AT 3:35 AM EDT on 26/03/08
Three Roys don't make it right
We are one cozy little nation of cracked, confused hypocrites.Two, four, six, eight - what do we hate? Violence! Three, five, seven, nine - what do we call fine? Consensus, peace and reconciliation! Yeah, right. We are, in fact, addicted to TV footage of some guy beating up another guy. We love it, relish it and smirk about it. Over the past few days, I think I've seen that hockey brawl about 15 times.
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