ONE OF MAN’S DOWNFALLS

There is nothing more aggravating in life than being judged on a double standard. We have all been victims of this in one point in our lives. Sometimes you miss out on a girl, because some jerk pulls off one nice move, when you have been nothing but an angel for weeks trying to work your way in. Sometime you are on the loosing end of a conflict with your sibling, because despite being the better person for years and years, you are continuously expected to “do the right thing” when the other can get away with murder over and over. Other times you are screwed out of a promotion, despite years of hard work, because some lazy moocher impressed the boss with one slick move come judgement time.

What ever the case, this attitude of expecting people to perform on different levels because of past behaviour and personality, and rewarding the lesser person simply because of a proportionally better act (even though in the greater scheme you’re still better) is nothing less than a culture of “nice guys finish last”. Personally I find it a kick in the nads when years of good deeds are used as an excuse to accept lesser performances of lesser performers because by “their standards” it’s very good. However if the more responsible party reacts in the exact same way as the underperformer, it’s remarked as being negative and frowned upon. This double standard [b]directly[/b] punishes good behaviour, and is so very frustrating. If the whole world functioned on double standards, what motivation would there be “to be good”?

Judging two people differently for the exact same act is wrong. It makes as much sense to me as passing up on a drunk Angeline Joe Lee at a bar (still keeping my fingers crossed and eyes open every Sat night).

The world of sports is no different. On any given night, both teams who jump on the ice is expected to perform to the best of their abilities, and at the end of the night bring home the two points. As responsible and fanatic fans however, we have learned to accept defeat with humility, hope the team learned from their mistakes, and tried to remain positive about the future. However a loss was never accepted as OK in my books. And as we face the might Senators (I don’t care how many people are injured, they have way too much depth to take lightly) we have to fight hard, skate fast, and play smart. Dropping two points because we’re playing the best team in the league simply won’t jive in my book.