Tuesday, March 02, 2004

To avoid writing about Erec and Enide, I have decided to talk about Naruto. Naruto teaches children the hard lessons in life- namely, that while hard work and determination may get you far, it's much better to actually not be terrible at what you are doing. For example, Rock Lee works hard, as the ten billion flash backs illustrate. He's filled with burning passion and has a secret technique. Yet, he doesn't win. Guess why? Because he doesn't have the strength to defeat his opponent. It's weird seeing a kid's show tell the truth. I'm not saying that we should just lay around in the muck, but seriously, millions work hard every day- they do our dirtiest hardest, most low paying jobs, but they aren't successful. For example, let's think of migrant workers. They were born in the wrong country, so now they get paid slave labor wages to pick strawberries. How can you blame them for this at all? I can't see how anything could even think of blaming the people who carry our country on their backs because they aren't as rich as the lazy trust fund babies living the high life at Yale.

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