Saturday, July 27, 2024

Why Does a Great Nation Produce an Offensive Olympics?


 

As I watched an offensive portion of the Olympics ceremony, the judgment of one of the great fictional moral philosophers, Ignatius Reilly, came to mind:

"An egregious display of bad taste."

Those who have never read A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole need to seize a copy to understand our times.

Some memorable excerpts:

  • "In addition, I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip."
  • "No wonder I cannot support the Church," Ignatius bellowed. "You should have been lashed right there in the confessional."

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