It's Not Competitiveness

The DA in the big steroid case right now blames it all on our "culture of competitiveness." Sorry, sir, but no. It's a culture of cheating, not competitiveness. Culture is about values, norms, and practices. You can compete with values, norms, and practices of following the rules. Most of us do, at least most of the time. If cheating is widespread, if not cheating is seen as being a fool, then that's values, norms, practices. That's culture. We are a culture that rewards cheaters, and blaming it on competitiveness rather than holding up the mirror and nodding at what we see just enables it all. Call it what it is, sir. And nail those cheaters' hides.