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Author Topic:   Watching Football (American Style)?
NoNukes
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Message 56 of 58 (828325)
02-15-2018 9:58 PM
Reply to: Message 55 by Taq
02-15-2018 5:29 PM


It could be that part of being human includes a bit of chaos, immorality, and "having fun".
Okay, sounds interesting... Perhaps life should have some risks... Don't legislate away all the fun... If racing a car around an oval wastes fuel going nowhere and exposes participants to risks, we should still allow it... I follow you I think...
There is a reason that we romanticize events that we know are wrong, such as the gladiators of ancient Rome.
I think if the answer works for the gladiators of Rome, then that is an argument not in favor of that reasoning.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
We got a thousand points of light for the homeless man. We've got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand. Neil Young, Rockin' in the Free World.
Worrying about the "browning of America" is not racism. -- Faith
I hate you all, you hate me -- Faith

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NoNukes
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Message 58 of 58 (828566)
02-21-2018 8:59 AM
Reply to: Message 57 by Stile
02-20-2018 10:19 AM


Summary
I appreciate the folks who have indulged my ramblings, and possibly rantings on the subject. I don't think any of you all are bad people because you watch football.
I cannot watch the game anymore. I also cannot watch boxing or any of those unlimited, extreme punching/kicking/choking sports either. It is not the violence in particular that bothers me. I can still watch movies with violence and read comic books. But it seems a near certainty that most of the offensive and defensive lineman, a majority of the defensive backs and at least an appreciable fraction of starting quarterbacks who are successful should be expected to suffer from CTE if they play for a length of time, I do find that there is an immoral component in the situation. Your own findings may vary.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
We got a thousand points of light for the homeless man. We've got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand. Neil Young, Rockin' in the Free World.
Worrying about the "browning of America" is not racism. -- Faith
I hate you all, you hate me -- Faith

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