Spread the LOVE

What's up with rivalries anyway? I'm so glad that this year's byu v utah game is OVER. The hate, however, is far from over I know. I hate hate. I hate that people get so worked up about how much better they are than the other rival school. I hate that people want to only see one side. I hate not being kind or seeing people not be kind. (btw friend, I'm not talking about your words that were just funny. I promise it was funny.) I hate the word hate. I've decided I'm too much of a peaceful soul to stomach rivalries. I've been to both schools and it's not black and white everyone. BYU is a great school. The U is a great school.

I feel like we're in the middle of West Side Story and the Utes and Cougars are the Jets and Sharks. When you watch the musical, it's so obvious sitting in the audience that both sides are essentially the same--good, but spirited kids. Sitting in that audience, it's also obvious that somebody's gonna get hurt in the end if they keep this nonsense up about only seeing the differences in each other. Sure enough, it takes something drastic and Maria's pointing that gun around to finally knock some sense into them. Can we just pretend that Max Hall's statement is that something drastic? Can we just decide that what happened to his family last year and how angry and illogical it made him is the finale of West Side Story where they all decide they'll play nice from now on? They're all just kids? If a U fan can't see why he's upset or disputes his story, then they're blind. If a BYU fan can't see how his comments and labeling spread the hate, then they're blind.

Eliminate the anger. Eliminate the hate. Let's start spreading some love. PLEASE? e