Some people call MMA a "bloodsport" and I suppose it is by definition.
The whole idea of punching the crap out of someone is quite primal and
calls up our dog pack instincts. Imagine the junk-yard dogs gathered
around watching two mutts tear each other apart. As much as we try to
think we are above the animals and so much more civilized, we have not
changed very much at all.
1. Check out Richard Nikolai's blog "Free The Animal" he clearly sees himself and all other humans as the animals
we are and embraces his genetic heritage with vigor.
2. Look at
any war zone and tell me that we are better than dogs or monkeys. We
blame the individual soldier or terrorist for their behavior but very
few people would act any differently in the same circumstances.
3.
The movie "Natural Born Killers", to me was a commentary on the human
instinct to violence when the normal filters and constraints of civilization are not present.
4. At a moments notice all hell can
break loose; just look at all of the "brawl" videos on Youtube where
shit goes down at the drop of a diss!
5. There is an area in Winnipeg
Manitoba where at certain times of the night the bars empty and
the people all spill out onto the street and start a mass rumble. No-one
is fighting about anything in particular, they are fighting for the sake
of fighting!!
6. The movie - "Needful Things" by Steven King showed
how with a little subtle manipulation an entire town can implode into
chaos.Here is a scene from the movie where 2 normal women turn into blood thirsty savages from a letter sent by a third party (the devil).
My point is that the violence is in all of us and to deny it
is, I think, more dangerous. I have found that fighters are some of the
most well-adjusted individuals as they get all of their aggression out
on the mat and in the ring or cage.
Maybe if we settled political
disputes this way things might be better, we could keep the civilians
out of the battles and save lives and money; or maybe I'm full of shit!
The thing is, when I hear people say that the combat sports I love are
just some sort of gladiator fantasy and that we are a bunch of
neanderthals, I think to myself; "Yah, so what?". Go ahead and cage all
us animals up and try to keep us civilized and one day we will go off
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