I take exception to this statement eryn.
I think his his brain is mush because he was a great fighter. Actually no, his brain is not mush. I take that back. He has Parkinson's disease and is all there mentally. The question is, was the Parkinson's caused by boxing?
Man is far from an idiot though. Even in his incapacitated state.
I certainly don't believe in a lot of the things he has stood for over time, but the man has stood up for himself in an admirable way.
The man stood tall for what he believed was right, and paid a price for it and fought back from the animosity about it.
And he has done a lot of goodwill in his time. Espescially with kids, and even over generations. Even today with kids who don't know who the hell he is. And he still manages to put a smile on their face with a magic trick here and there.
And while I remember and admire him for that and his put your money where your mouth is mentality,
I despise him at the same time for some of the very things the man has stood for.
Perhaps those thoughts have softened over time seeing as how he has touched so many people over so long of a time span.
Please, send him on a goodwill mission over your Jimmy Carters and their ilk. I don't believe they are cut from the same cloth.
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