Short diaries are frowned upon here, with good reason, so I will try to use as many words as possible to convey the rather simple idea I have cooked up and would like too see the response to here at DKos where there are many fine minds whose opinion, while I don’t always agree with, are voices that I feel are important to having a full and in-depth analysis of my idea and those of others that make up this site that is so important to preserving our ability to bring new ideas to light and discuss them in an atmosphere of mutual respect and forbearance for those who might question or even disagree with ideas that may seem to be ‘over the top’ or even threatening to some who might feel that changes are happening too fast for them to be meaningfully incorporated into our collective culture, thus setting in play consequences that cannot be predicted or mitigated without triggering more changes that in some instances will be almost completely in conflict with the changes that we all agree must be enacted in order for the future to unfold in a way that we can all find a way to embrace our humanity while still making allowances for the rich resources of personal experience that is only part of what each and every one of us should be willing to invest in helping to define the process of evolving ourselves into people willing to see the value of those things we choose to define what is right and good in a world for which we all bear the responsibility for making choices that ensure our children a world free from all of the things that now imperil the very idea of ever finding a way to leverage the future for the benefit of the future.
My idea is that we should replace football, at all levels - Jr high, high school, college and pro - with kitten football.