American football has often been compared to combat. It is sort of a series of set piece battles and only Aussie Rules football rivals it in general violence. Strategy, tactics, deception and surprise all play key roles. Soccer always seems more like basketball to me except with almost no scoring.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.