Monday, November 8, 2010

settling violence in a civilized way




Man, A creature who has been fighting among its self since the beginning or time, Our baser instincts tell us to steal and reproduce and so much more..... Now skip forward to modern times, We see people killing and stealing and reproducing in modern times but yet murder has been around for  thousands of years.... What has changed us from killing at a whims notice? What has given us a satisfied amount of carnage in our life and sustained our blood lust?


 The answer is simple, We (man) love sports, due to the fact that's its violent, and active and so much more, we are active creatures as a species, and we have certain needs that make us animals at heart, blood lust is one of these, and sports seem to fill that void of violence in out life, Look at it from this aspect, we watch boxing matches, We can control the violence, and that's what makes it all the more enthralling, A boxer is hit and now his flesh above his eye is torn and now his opponent, sees a weakness, a visible wound he can target and now he pounces, and all the while, the crowds  is roaring and cheering on the un hurt boxer, because controlled boxing allows us to tap into out baser instincts without going over the line, it allows us to beat the hell out of that one person that annoys us, it is an escape from our everyday lives, the same can be said for football and many other sport, but the one i believe that takes the cake for this satisfying thrill, is the relatively new sport, MMA, This allows us to imagine more then boxing does, with the ground pounds, and the arm breaking, but its all controlled and allows us to tape into our baser instincts, but that's all i have to say about that

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