Random Comment

I promise, well, I am actually not going to promise, but I am going to try to promise, that this is the last Malkin-related post (for a bit).

But seeing that Malkin opened a prison-themed restaurant in Russia, my response was something along the lines of "What in the world was he possibly thinking?"

I wondered if Malkin was bright enough to be making a cynical, sarcastic commentary on his current situation with his Russian team, or if he was perhaps just making a cynical, sarcastic commentary on his society.

Seriously. Think about in America. With all our love of "freedom" as an idea if not an actuality (I'll spare my political viewpoints here, but I'll admit that like most Americans, I'm sometimes more likely to worship the idea of freedom than be vigilant enough to insist on the continuous exercise of every freedom), can you imagine us going to a prison-themed restaurant? Seriously. Even if one of our superstars opened such a restaurant. What would our initial response be? Why would our initial response be that way?

If Russians will end up going to Malkin's restaurant, why will they go?

What does that say about America? About Russia? About the whole Malkin saga with his Russian team and the NHL?

Again--I'm not stating anything outright here, just asking questions that I want to think about some more--and encourage others to think about more as well.