I boxed in my youth. I also take martial arts pretty seriously. I am currently learning 17th century British sword fighting. They're all the same thing. To pretend that martial arts is about anything other then learning how to hurt the other guy faster then he can hurt you is silly. Boxing is a martial art and the fact that it lacks the thin veneer of philosophy that eastern martial arts is so proud of does not make that fact less true.
Also, Holmes, what does the fact that Mike Tyson is a criminal have to do with the nature of boxing? That's called the fallacy of converse accident. You cannot extrapolate a general rule from one or even a few examples. Really, I expected better of you.
Now, what does this all have to do with the reaction of women to rape?
This message has been edited by mikehager, 11-16-2004 11:24 AM
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