We're gonna burn like the Romans

Ok, let's get this out of the way: I'm Katharine, and this is my first post.

Now that that's taken care of, I can move on to things of more substance.

This country, our civilization, is going to burn like Rome.

I see plenty of things on tv and on the internets that convince me that our civilization is moving towards the decadence that was ultimately the undoing of the Roman Empire. Enjoyable as it may be, I could write a post on "My Super Sweet Sixteen" and how there should be a ... you know what, I will write a post on that later, but I need to get back on track.

The thing that convinced me this morning was seeing an actual "Rock-Paper-Scissors" tournament on A&E. Yes, you read that right. Rock. Paper. Scissors.

What has it come to that there is an organized group of people (they have a website, http://www.usarps.com) who have garnered TV time for this "event?" AAAAAND, not only was there the seemingly "professional" (and I use the tern loosely) part of the tourney, there was also what I'm guessing was an "amateur" contest where two contestants were pitted against each other for 250 rounds of RPS to win the ultimate-supremo prize of a new Toyota.

I only saw, like, two minutes of this show, so I apologize if I've got my details wrong. But really, it cannot be disputed that this is yet another example of the excesses our society has succumbed to.