Clergy members have jumped into the New York fight over legalizing mixed martial arts competitions in the state, lobbying Tuesday against what they called a vicious “blood sport” that appears to hold special appeal for some hate groups.
Opponents including a priest and rabbi who visited individual lawmakers in Albany said the sensationalized violence of cage fighting has no place in civilized society.
Clerics keep intruding on people’s right to dispose of their own bodies however they wish, and I find that appalling. This situation is proof that the right to choose knows no gender boundaries. We need to let these barbarians know that what has no place in civilized society is a group of priests and rabbis who don’t understand that what happens outside of their synagogue / church does not concern them.
As to the completely ridiculous argument that “the kiddies are watching the violence, OMG, the horror, the horror,” it just makes me want to spit. Where are this priest and this rabbi when religious fanatics advocate beatings of children as a parenting strategy? And if we are talking about violent spectacles, I remember how the beginning of the US’s war on Iraq was televised live. If it’s so dangerous for children to watch willing participants beat each other, how come it is not detrimental to them to see unwilling Iraqis have bombs dropped on them?
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When you say “dispose of their own bodies,” I instantly thought of the late Dr. Jack Kevorkian and the whole idea of assisted suicide.
Of course, I know that you’re talking about abortion, but do people have the right to do other things to themselves besides that?
On a lighter note, I’ve paid my college deposit and am officially enrolled. Can’t wait to start this August and hopefully try to break into the animation industry sometime after I graduate.
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“Of course, I know that you’re talking about abortion, but do people have the right to do other things to themselves besides that?”
– Yes, of course. I think anybody should do whatever they want with their own body.
“On a lighter note, I’ve paid my college deposit and am officially enrolled. Can’t wait to start this August and hopefully try to break into the animation industry sometime after I graduate.
– Yay! This is amazing news! And animation industry is and will remain very promising for a very long time, so great choice!
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That’s one of the many reasons I’m going into engineering. I’m going to need enough income if I were to live out in California or New York where the industry is heavily concentrated. Being a cartoonist is something I’ve always wanted to do and am naturally pretty good at (I’ve also gotten tons of advice from professionals in the past who were amazed at what I could do at such a young age), but putting food on the table is important too. I’m also inspired by people who have worked in construction or some job like that and have ended up making great careers for themselves in comedy later on.
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The problem is that MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) are still illegal in The Now Ancient York, so religious faggots have some legitimity to vomit their shit.
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I don’t understand the controversy over mixed martial arts, considering that boxing, kick-boxing, and all individual martial are arts already legal separately. Is it more terrible when you bring them all together?
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Good point! I’ve seen some very violent sports on TV in prime time, and nobody seemed to care.
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Fair enough, MMA is more violent (but consenting violence, which I approve) than almost any type of fighting sports, but there’s so many more violent non-sport things out there, so. The vast majority of porn is more violent than MMA, for example.
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How so? I’ve found most non-BDSM porn to have very little violence, and most of it seems the sort that looks worse on camera than it actually is.
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“The vast majority of porn is more violent than MMA, for example.”
– Only if that’s what you are looking for. 🙂
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I said “the vast majority of porn”, not “all porn”.
“most of it seems the sort that looks worse on camera than it actually is.”
Fair enough, I agree with you on BDSM porn, this is not as bad that it looks.
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I also mean “the vast majority of porn”. I somehow doubt I unerringly stumble on the few existing examples of non-violent porn whenever I go look for some. I’ve seen some slaps and chokes, which looked about as real as the slaps and chokes you’d see in any other movie, and irrumation, which I put in the looks-worse-than-it-is category.
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Actually MMA is less violent in general than boxing. The fights typically end quicker than boxing so there is ultimately less head trauma overall. It gives the illusion of being more violent because the blood is spread out all over the ring when they grapple. Head wounds bleed lots but arent necessarily very damaging. All in all, if you have two consenting adults willing to participate in respectful violence then whats the big deal if there are rules in place to protect fighters from gratuitous, malicious strikes?
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I agree. And I hope NY respects the people’s right to entertain themselves in this way, if that’s what they wantm
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You’d think with New York City’s enthusiastic push to ban large sodas in order to “combat obesity”, New York State would be enthusiastic to promote a form of very intensive exercise. I guess not.
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This is the best comment ever. 🙂 🙂
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Well, as you keep saying and I keep proving, I am quite brilliant. 🙂
Too add to that: If New York wants to see a real blood sport, they should try checking out blogs like yours which eviscerate every stupid and pointless decision politicians and their cheerleaders make.
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What a fucking fascist, this Bloomberg!
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