Re:What do slaveholders think?
by ryanwaggoner on Saturday March 25, 2017 @11:09AM
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Your comparison to trophy hunting makes no sense. One entity killing another unwilling entity for sport is no comparison to two willing participants engaging in a physical contest with rules and a referee where at least one of th goals is to minimize long term damage.
Agree on football and boxing, not a fan of either. As for MMA the jury is still out but I hardly think equating it with slavery makes sense because you "can't imagine" it's safe, even though you don't have the data. I mean, comparing that to literally owning another human?
All sports have physical risk, even solo sports. Does that mean that when I go rock climbing, I might as well be owning slaves or torturing animals?
We still have trophy hunters today, who hunt not for food or sustenance, but for a pelt or a tusk.
> are actually pretty safe
We used to think that Boxing and Football were "pretty safe" as well. Then we learned how much impact things like concussions have on a person's life. I can't really imagine that MMA is that much safer when I see people repeatedly being choked out, having joints nearly separated, getting knocked out...