Unlike football, wrestling and boxing, which teach kindness and gentleness?

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Post #427,984 by drook 3/19/19 8:26:05 PM 3/19/19 8:26:05 PM Reply	Unlike football, wrestling and boxing, which teach kindness and gentleness? -- Drew
Post #427,985 by Ashton 3/19/19 11:05:24 PM 3/19/19 11:05:24 PM Reply	..but lethality isn't their er, raison d'etre, right? (not to mention their bonus: free exercise.)
Post #427,987 by drook 3/20/19 6:17:44 AM 3/20/19 6:17:44 AM Reply	I played football in 5th and 6th grade You know what we chanted on the bus to away games? "Kill, maul, cripple, maim! We don't care, just win the game!" Tell me again what's not the raison d'etre? Don't believe me? Ask Carlin. -- Drew
Post #428,009 by Ashton 3/20/19 5:26:04 PM 3/20/19 5:26:04 PM Reply	I stand corrected: that is indeed the v-SUB-v Message of the game. Mea culpa: (also to the Coaches) {{ sigh }} Violence + Testosterone go together like a tamper in a thermonucleear weapon. That's why the species has been sentenced to extinction .... just a w.a.g./I ain't got no Cosmic-hot-line {fortunately.. I can't imagine Using it !! ...

Somebody, please. PLEASE turn the lights out already! - (mmoffitt) - (21) - March 19, 2019, 08:29:46 AM EDT

It's a physical skill. Smaller motion scale, but nonetheless. - (malraux) - (20) - March 19, 2019, 10:36:58 AM EDT

And disaffected couch potatoes. $DEITY knows we need more of them. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (19) - March 19, 2019, 11:52:36 AM EDT

How do you know they're either of those things? - (pwhysall) - (18) - March 19, 2019, 12:02:24 PM EDT

I don't play video games. - (mmoffitt) - (17) - March 19, 2019, 12:13:22 PM EDT

You should look at the kids who play e-sports - (pwhysall) - (16) - March 19, 2019, 12:25:51 PM EDT

This. - (malraux) - (7) - March 19, 2019, 12:53:28 PM EDT

Anecdotal evidence != proof. - (mmoffitt) - (6) - March 20, 2019, 09:50:50 AM EDT

What I see there: - (malraux) - (5) - March 20, 2019, 11:49:28 AM EDT

It's highly subjective. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - March 20, 2019, 02:21:05 PM EDT

Feeling a little whip-sawed. - (malraux) - (2) - March 20, 2019, 03:18:07 PM EDT

I already refuted your anecdotal evidence. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - March 21, 2019, 03:31:14 PM EDT

Not disagreeing with the studies. - (malraux) - March 21, 2019, 05:19:11 PM EDT

beats digging ditches by far I have done heavy manual labor, happy to drool in front of a lapper -NT - (boxley) - March 20, 2019, 03:26:30 PM EDT

Never >mind< the avoirdupois angle: - (Ashton) - (7) - March 19, 2019, 04:45:00 PM EDT

Unlike football, wrestling and boxing, which teach kindness and gentleness? -NT - (drook) - (3) - March 19, 2019, 08:26:05 PM EDT

..but lethality isn't their er, raison d'etre, right? (not to mention their bonus: free exercise.) -NT - (Ashton) - (2) - March 19, 2019, 11:05:24 PM EDT

I played football in 5th and 6th grade - (drook) - (1) - March 20, 2019, 06:17:44 AM EDT

I stand corrected: that is indeed the v-SUB-v Message of the game. Mea culpa: (also to the Coaches) - (Ashton) - March 20, 2019, 05:26:04 PM EDT

They know it's not real - (pwhysall) - (2) - March 20, 2019, 03:05:06 AM EDT

As with anything - (malraux) - (1) - March 20, 2019, 11:52:04 AM EDT

Clockwork Orange, prison reading program ... QED -NT - (drook) - March 20, 2019, 12:57:58 PM EDT

Yeah, let's watch the lamp. It's more fun and less predictable.
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