For me it's anything involving cars or horses, also american football, and sumo, how about anything in general that intentionally harms the players health just by playing?

    • MC_Kublai [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Not a single one of you libs is gonna take my martial arts away from me :nazi-punching:

    • Commander_Data [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      You have the right to think "it's fucking fun" and I have a right to think that means you're someone I don't want to be within 100 feet of.

        • Commander_Data [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          Wanting to do harm to or witness harm done to another for the sake of entertainment is sociopathic.

              • crime [she/her, any]
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                3 years ago

                Are we banning fencing too? Cause fencing is also really fucking fun, you're just trying to stab your opponent the whole time

                • Commander_Data [she/her]
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                  3 years ago

                  With a blunted foil, tons of padding and a mesh face mask. I'm really disturbed by how many people here think violence for entertainment is a good idea. All ethical issues aside, violence is sometimes necessary, and the impact of it is lessened when it's engaged in for entertainment. There is nothing normal or healthy about wanting to watch one human smash another's face in. Let down by this place again.

                  • jabrd [he/him]
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                    3 years ago

                    I can’t wait to hear these takes resurface the next time someone mentions kink on this site. Spanking is sociopathic and there is nothing normal about wanting to leave a handprint on another person’s ass hahaha. Simulated violence is fun just the same way any adrenaline fueled sport that simulates almost dying is too. It can be done safely and with all involved’s consent. Endorphins are a hell of a drug

                  • crime [she/her, any]
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                    3 years ago

                    It's still simulated violence, so if that's your objection to boxing, mma, or other martial arts you should take issue with fencing too. (Also as a former fencer I really wouldn't call it "tons of padding", it's just a jacket that can be surprisingly thin, an extra thin piece of nylon over your sword shoulder and pec, and sometimes a piece of plastic over your rib cage. Getting stabbed hard still leaves huge bruises)

                    With proper protection and awareness I don't think there's anything morally wrong with simulated fighting. All kinds of animals participate in play-fighting too, I don't think two kittens pouncing on each other is morally repugnant either. There's a clear difference between fighting for fun and fighting to maim/kill.

                    Can't remember where, but I was in a really good discussion with some other autistic people about playfighting as a kind of pressure release valve or other sort of stim and a solid handful of us realized that we'd had similar arrangements with friends when we're growing up — for me, a friend and I would take turns using an elbow to smack the other person's elbow until one of us gave up or we got bored. If anything it made me less interested in beating the shit out of someone.

                    As long as all parties are aware of any potential risks, safety measures are being taken, and participants have the ability to withdraw at any point, theres no moral issue inherent to the sport IMO.

        • DonaldJBrandon [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          I wrestled back in high school, and it's fun as fuck. Combat sports are one of those sports where you have to really dig deep in yourself to face adversity and come out victorious. When you lose, it's on you, and when you win, it's all you. Watching people train their entire lives to lay it all out in the ring for glory is spectacular imo.