Sometimes, you just can't let things go. So when I saw a link to a piece about Michael Jordan talking trash to Bill Clinton, I had to check it out.
I have to admit, the piece confused me. It is common knowledge that MJ is prideful and ultra-competitive. However, to suggest that challenging Bubba to play at the pro tees instead of the "little girls" (white) tees is anything other than testosterone induced gamesmanship, is crazy. It is fairly obvious that this is either an attack on such gamesmanship because the author strongly dislikes MJ or is a card carrying member of that segment of society that believes boys should not be boys.
Any Regular Bro knows that two males given a hunk of wadded up paper, a waste receptacle, and enough time can entertain themselves for countless hours. Additionally, it is a foregone conclusion that at some point at least one of said males will question the manhood of the other. It is the norm, or at least it used to be. It is embodied in the drive that made MJ, Patton, and even Alexander (among others) great.
I think humility does have its place. There is no honor in talking trash someone who has just lost a job, or has a sick spouse or child, for example. You talk trash when you are participating in an activity that really has no importance beyond its entertainment value.
If Bubba and I ever got to spend some free time together, I guarantee we wouldn't be talking politics. I'd be looking for some entertaining venture, and whipping out my best trash talk. I think that reminding Bubba that he is no longer the leader of the free world might be a good place to start.
