dr: Do you like football? Yes? What team do you root for?
sp: Go Blue!
dr: Did you root for the Wolverines before you came to school here?
sp: Not really.
dr: Why do you root for them now?
sp: Well, everybody does. I mean, they're the school team. You're always hearing about them on the radio and tv.
dr: Did anyone force you to root for them?
sp: No...
dr: So, since you said earlier that all unforced choices are free choices, then you'd agree that you made a free choice to root for Michigan.
sp: Yes.
dr: And yet it would have been very difficult to make a different choice. You are constrained by the social and media environment around you. That's the kind of thing I'm talking about.
sp: I don't see why you say it would be hard to make a different choice. I could root for any team I want.
9/16/08
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