coins vs footballs

don't ask me why i was thinking of this during meditation this morning, but i wondered if it will ever be possible to look at our political system as a football vs a coin.

right now it's like a coin, right? flat, polarized with little room or depth to take a stand in the middle.

a football, on the other hand, puts the wacko extremists out on the little tiny edges and gives plenty of room for growth and depth as you move towards the "middle".

i think it'll be possible for this to happen whenever both "sides" own their own pathologies and blind spots.

i'm off the soap-box now.

posted by tripp on March 15, 2005 11:10 AM | in Blogs