ricola_pak
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While watching the Playoffs lately (I don't usually watch hockey), I was again "turned-off" by the prospect of seeing 2 players fighting each other in a game of hockey.
If they don't fight, they tend to push each other around into the glass or somewhere down on the ice.
My original thought was that this kinda violence should not be promoted into a Professional game because, I believe, it teaches people that when you aren't as good as your opponents, you can just go out and hit them.
But when my hardcore hockey fan heard this, he (knowing that I'm a hardcore football/soccer fan) asked me how it is so ironic that a non-violent sport like soccer creates hooligans and fans killing each other, whilst you don't tend to see hockey fans doing that. He also added that I'm a sissy but let's not get into that.
What do you guys think?
I think this is a bit like saying promoting pornography reduces the number of rapes... now I'm not too sure how moral this is even if it "works".
Let me just lastly add that I'm all for the "full-contactness" of sports like American football or rugby because although those guys like to ram each other around a lot, they don't do it with revenge or rage in their heads (at least they don't look like it).
If they don't fight, they tend to push each other around into the glass or somewhere down on the ice.
My original thought was that this kinda violence should not be promoted into a Professional game because, I believe, it teaches people that when you aren't as good as your opponents, you can just go out and hit them.
But when my hardcore hockey fan heard this, he (knowing that I'm a hardcore football/soccer fan) asked me how it is so ironic that a non-violent sport like soccer creates hooligans and fans killing each other, whilst you don't tend to see hockey fans doing that. He also added that I'm a sissy but let's not get into that.
What do you guys think?
I think this is a bit like saying promoting pornography reduces the number of rapes... now I'm not too sure how moral this is even if it "works".
Let me just lastly add that I'm all for the "full-contactness" of sports like American football or rugby because although those guys like to ram each other around a lot, they don't do it with revenge or rage in their heads (at least they don't look like it).