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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:41 pm 
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There's a difference between getting injured from an accident or someone breaking the rules, and getting injured because violence is part of the game.

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 Post subject: Re: Other WebComics
PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:47 pm 
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Okay yes

Jones is old as balls

I think we get that, Tom.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:48 pm 
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Is there? The end result is still the same.


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 Post subject: Re: Other WebComics
PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:02 pm 
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The end result yeah, but the reason is entirely avoidable by not saying it's a-okay to Spear your fellow players and then get 5 others who throw themselves on a pile over him to get a egg-shaped ball (exaggeration).
I just don't like the idea of sports where injury is not something to be avoided at all costs but a part of the sport itself.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:10 pm 
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Anybody know why Hale hasn't updated his Bern Platinum Nuzlocke in a while?


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 Post subject: Re: Other WebComics
PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:11 pm 
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The violence is the point. If you make a rule in boxing saying "you can't punch the other guy" it's not boxing any more. Plus tackling people head on is fun.


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 Post subject: Re: Other WebComics
PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:12 pm 
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Yeah. That's why I don't like boxing. Who the hell had the idea that punching the shit out of each other made for a good sport is what I'm saying.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:21 pm 
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It's fun, pain sets of adrenaline and other hormone factors, plus putting your strength, agility and wits directly on the line is one hell of a rush.


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:28 pm 
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And you get punched in the noggin eventually leading to serious head trauma. Every time. Because it's part of the sport. As opposed to sometimes getting injured by pure accident in other sports.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:41 pm 
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Not every time, persistent injury rate for professional boxing seems to be about 20%. And professional athletes will get injured more than once during their career in any sport.


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:00 pm 
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But that's still injuries caused by the main goal of the sport vs. injuries caused by accidents. I could also say that playing russian roulette only has a 16% chance of you getting injured.

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50% chance of death actually. And putting a gun to your head isn't as much fun as fighting. No one is saying you have to like it, but you shouldn't judge people for how they choose to waste their lives.


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:21 pm 
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Oh you're free to use your time as you like. But I think a school should think about what things they endorse and which they don't which was what started this here. And an institution that exists to make people smart endorsing sports that can cause lasting head injuries isn't a very smart thing. Like a church that finances a brothel. Or a vegetarian's club having a slaughterhouse.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:42 pm 
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A school doesn't make students smart. It offers knowledge for people to learn. And brain injuries aren't simple drops in IQ points, plus there's something to say for the old adage "mens sana in corpore sano".


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:46 pm 
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A healthy mind lives in a healthy body? Stephen Hawking would disagree, but apart from that, getting hit in the face repeatedly is not my definition of healthy.

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