One book a year! My, oh, my.
The average Israeli, in contrast, reads 64 books a year.
Well, let’s not get carried away. Here, we want to remain focused on the term itself, to use something as a crutch, and that is to do something in order to achieve something else, such as one your petty lofty career goals. It’s like doing something with an ulterior motive. It’s not doing it for its own sake.
Some people use politics, for instance, as a crutch. They join a political party to advance their career, not because they believe in that particular party’s peculiar tenets. Other people use religion as a crutch. They don’t believe in a particular god or deity but join a church in order to get ahead.
And many certainly use education as a crutch. They pursue a particular study for short-term gains (which may not even be there) rather than long-term satisfaction and fulfilment.
Alright, media examples:
1. Gov. Jesse Ventura body slammed his wife yesterday, explaining that she is one of the weak-minded people who use religion as a crutch.
In an interview filled with eyebrow-raising remarks, the one-time wrestler known as The Body also said he supported the work of Dr. Jack Kevorkian despite Ventura’s disdainful remarks about people who commit suicide.
And Ventura scolded an interviewer who questioned his dignity, with, “Ah, c’mon. Have we gotten to the point I have to get elected and lose my sense of humor? . . . Be Mr. Stone Man?”
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