Sports talk

"They better both fricken play," typifies sports talk. Or this gem: "That'll put a big ribbon on this one."  Enthusiasm runs so high in sports enthusiasts, they cannot  engage their brains before they open their mouths. Do we excuse this as just passion?  Well, business ads also slaughter English grammar and logic when stating that "We're growing forward." My pet peeve about use of language and abuse of meaning is constantly pricked when I listen to such nonsense. Yes, passion explains leftist insanity, rampage stabbings, gun violence, Democrat political insults and each person's innate pursuit of freedom. BUT

Things have gone too far to the extreme. The center cannot hold.  What is the center? What is the 'golden mean?'  No number of overbearing laws can fix the problem. Humans are flawed.  You can't say that about any other creature without a divine soul can you?  One of my fish just expired. Why am I sad over such a beautiful, orange, useless creature?