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In a healthy discussion, I don't think you can just push it aside by saying
the players signed up and get payed for it. Whether we want to admit it or
not we enjoy seeing the opposing team get taken down. If it were flag
football we there wouldn't be much tension or explosive excitement.

I just find it amusing how we often rush to rationalize or justify our
participation as a bystander by pointing out how we aren't really engaged in
it or that no one is being killed.

In a healthy discussion, I don't think you can just push it aside by saying
the players signed up and get payed for it. Whether we want to admit it or
not we enjoy seeing the opposing team get taken down. If it were flag
football we there wouldn't be much tension or explosive excitement.

I just find it amusing how we often rush to rationalize or justify our
participation as a bystander by pointing out how we aren't really engaged in
it or that no one is being killed.

Also, boxing use to be as big baseball and was Americas top sports sixty years ago, but now it is seen as too violent, and most parents no longer allow their sons to play, which caused the sports decline. Most of the new research into the damage (not danger, as danger implies possibility of damage and the new research makes the strong case that damage is inherent in the sport) of football is coming to light. When Gladwell's article came out, many of the posts in the blogosphere where not pro or con toward football, but saying that they would not let their sons play the sport after reading the essay. The NFL understands this threat and is busy trying to disprove the science. That is the question: If the game cannot be played without suffering brain damage, do I let my son play? And if I say no to my son, how can I support brain damage for others' sons.

Have you see the Venezuelans teach us how to play the Mambo?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWs9G-c_pcs

I think they just cleaned Bernstein's clock on this performance.

This young man also throws a pretty mean south paw on his local team when he's not playing fiddle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IxaNyVjDKU

I have never seen any musicians get head injuries from playing music to roughly. In fact music is fantastic for the brain.
And its a lot of fun too.

Mr. Tinajero's title was “Why I've Watched My Last Superbowl.” Does that mean that he'll continue to view the regular season games and the playoffs and simply confine his nonwatching to the Super Bowl? (Maybe just tune in to catch the half-time show?) Or if his boycott extends to other games, would he extend it to include college and high school games.
I take it he meant the whole NFL, not sure about college and high school games. I'd say they're easier to justify as the game becomes less about money. High school football, for example, is pretty pure as a sport and a traditional part of growing up – although it could be argued that coaches drive the players too hard. College football still doesn't have salaries, but I think colleges lavish their players with too many benefits. I want the game to be about the game, not about livelihood. I would much rather see the pros in more productive livelihoods (probably not including politics), and getting beat up for a living sounds too much like slavery.

But since this is off topic for this thread, I'll end it here.

Peace,
Don

Look, I'm no fan of watching these people injure each other either. But the fact is that like it or not, football has replaced baseball as our national pastime. Maybe we just finally got disgusted at watching baseball players scratching in forbidden spots or spitting.

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=epiphany&... (definition 3a)

I thought it was a cool word when I heard it on my bro's CD player long ago:

http://www.lyricstime.com/andrew-peterson-the-c...

More liberal than I know? Well, I've seen possible hints of liberal theology in Peterson's lyrics but never thought much of it. Guess the vampire's teeth are rather subtle.

But you probably just saw the root of the problem: I'm a hopeless geek for multiple things including politics. If I disappear, it's because the things are multiple.

BTW You used the word epiphany. I never heard the word used in my conservative upbringing but came to a more progressive church and the pastor was preaching on epiphany Sunday (is that right?). Anyway, I consider that a liberal term (probably incorrect) and have noticed many, many people using it even non religious people. Also have noticed the word narrative used a lot lately especially a couple of yrs ago and never heard the word from my upbringing. Again I would consider that a liberal word. Conservatives don't use that word. What's your thoughts? Are you turning more liberal than you realize?