Bears/Packers

The rivalry between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers has defined my childhood.  Living practically on the border of Wisconsin and Illinois, I had friends who were discriminated against not because of their skin color or religious preference.  Instead they were judged by the color or their Sunday fan-wear.  Blue and orange meant that we could be friends and green and yellow meant that you weren't allowed to sit on furniture at my house.

With the stakes of the weekend's game being higher than ever, the negativity between the two sides has become unBEARable.  I am overwhelmed with the amount of facebook updates showing graphically what an actual bear in heat would do to an innocent Packer player.  First of all bears should not be allowed at our sporting events and that becomes even more important if they are in heat.  Pictures like these are a sad reminder that even though the Bears will win by a significant margin, we don't need to stoop to this reminder of terrible events in the NFL's past, when team mascots were actual animals.

From the Packers fans I've repeatedly seen the following photograph.

First of all, real clever.  It was really cool the way you took an actual picture from a game and then noticed how it almost looked like something inappropriate and illegal was happening on the field.  Great job!  Learn to photoshop.  Second this picture is old.  Grossman?  Come on.  That would be like Bears fans making penis picture references to you (although those would be really funny.)  Try something like this.

Now that's how you make fun of the other team.  It almost looks like the baby really is wearing a helmet.  The caption also makes sure that even Packers fans will get it.  It's also timeless.  I think Sackman's picture will be around forever.

This brings me to my point: let's not make fun of each other.  Sure I could fill this blog with some more pictures like the ones below.

That was just a simple search.  There were many many more showing how bad the Packers are when compared to the Bears.  What we need to remember is that there are many more things that we have in common.  It's all about perspective.  In the grand scheme of things, the game means very little.  Yes, we can all agree that the Bears will destroy the Packers, but do we need graphic depictions of rape or decapitation?  No.  We don't.  Let's be friends and keep in perspective what American Football is all about: beer and nachos.