Wednesday, November 5, 2003

FOURTEEN DAYS OF SOLIPSISM, PT. III: Shaquille O'Neal has long been compared to the greats, like Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. No news there.

But last February, when the bad-ass Laker compared himself to Germany's most bad-ass philosopher, calling himself "the black, basketball-playing Nietzsche," this blog decided to evaluate his claims:
Nietzsche: On his rival Voltaire: "Oh, Voltaire! Oh, humaneness! Oh, nonesense! Il ne cherche le vrai que pour faire le bien. I bet he finds nothing!"
O'Neal: On his rival Yao Ming: "Tell Yao Ming I said 'ching chong fong chang bing dong'."

Nietzsche: "No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
O'Neal: "I'm tired of hearing about money money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok."

You get the idea.

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