Tiara Over A Trophy?

As I watched game 7 of the NHL Playoffs (Way to go Bruins!!) tonight I was playing flipper during a commercial break and noticed a new reality show.  This show took the American reality TV society to an all-time low.   The entire show was built around toddler beauty pageants.  No, I didn't watch it.  I didn't have to.  This is coming from the same society that has taken the word win out of youth sports?  This is coming from the same country that doesn't want anyone to lose because they might get their feelings hurt?  What idiocy!  Instead, we put our daughters on TV to be pranced around like some sexual object because that makes better sense right?  I realize the people killing the competitive spirit in American youth are probably not the same as those parading their daughters on stage but it is still hard to believe that one country could screw both of these things up at the same time.  We are afraid of competition so we try to force rules of fairness everywhere.  Hate crime laws attempt to make things fair, although they, by both definition and enforcement, value one life higher than another.  Affirmative action, although well meant, places race over accomplishment.  We've seen expectations reduced so that women can become firefighters (just hope they don't get stuck carrying the man of the house down the ladder).  Now anyone who knows me will realize I support fair opportunity to all in all cases.  This does not mean unfair ground rules in order to affect the outcome.  I suppose it should come as no surprise that after producing those ideas that we now weaken our children by removing the idea that sometimes they will win and sometimes they will lose. Perhaps this is done to make parenting easier, I don't know.  I'm sure that the lesson of expecting an award instead of earning it will serve them well when they hit the real world of business and life.  Of course, at the rate we are going, the governmen will be taking care of them anyway.  Surely it isn't their fault that no one handed a house or retirement or a new car to them.  After all, one must only participate (or in this case be born) to deserve the prize, right?  Instead we exploit little girls in beauty pageants for God knows what sick reasons.  It is sad that some would use our liberties to defend toddler pageants after leaving a youth baseball game where they don't keep score anymore.  Why practice?  Why work hard?  What is there to celebrate? What the hell is this country coming too?  Surely the far left's attempt to convince us that all will be wonderful as long as those in power force what they consider to be fair by theft and brute force.  Doesn't anyone remember how our country came to be anymore?  I could have sworn it was founded on the liberty to compete.