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Ian Robinson:

Jake did not whine.

He did not say it wasn't fair that the other kid was bigger. He didn't say football players should be handicapped to make things "fair" by, perhaps, tying the giant nose guard's right foot to his jock.

All he did was joke and flash the grin that says: We tried. We lost. They were better today.

If only the political elites in the country could summon such a becoming dignity.

After getting her not unsubstantial butt handed to her on a plate during the recent federal election, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May did what my son and his teammates refused to do.

She whined.