I’m not going to beat my breast and weep like some great hero has passed. It’s the disproportionate amount of honor that Kobe is receiving that is galling. But then we live in an increasingly distopian world.
RE: I’m not going to beat my breast and weep like some great hero has passed. It’s the disproportionate amount of honor that Kobe is receiving that is galling.
I agree with you. He was ONLY a great basketball player. My issue is this — we should not let ONE MISTAKE taint the achievement of a person. His life and legacy should be judged IN TOTO (as a whole ), including charities, as a father to his children and husband to his wife, influence on others ( here and abroad ), etc.