What about K1, MMA? It's a violent sport by definition and you sure get pumped up watching it.

What about rap music and culture in general? So much glorification of violence.

I'm looking forward what they think of communist symbols, or is the rule about symbols purely swastika and symbols the 4chans stupid trolls use.

Pretty sure the common definition of "violence" excludes such things.

You mean it's not violence to hit somebody with your body so hard they fall to the ground and can result in bone and ligament injuries, or even brain injuries with permanent neurological issues?

Not if it’s consensual.

That's why you can still duel with someone you dislike. /s

You absolutely can, in a boxing ring for example. It's not unconstrained violence if it takes place within a framework of rules - i.e. it's a sport. NFL tackles being the same thing.

A Twitter feed showing _only_ illegal violent NFL tackles? Well, that might just get banned now.

You said "unconstrained", but that's not what this is about. I agree that Twitter has just entered a completely unwinnable situation, and they made a mistake because nothing they do will be balanced by everyone's definition. I'm saying the "it's not violence if it's consensual" point is ridiculous and wrong. Additionally, and perhaps obviously, I was talking about a duel, not a sport [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel

Well we're sort of violently agreeing, albeit obliquely. I owe you a response; you got unfairly downvoted for what was obvious sarcasm and I think my initial response cast your comment in a bad light.

> "it's not violence if it's consensual" point is ridiculous and wrong.

Exactly - provided that it's done outside the boundaries of some sport. But I think an actual lawyer would need to say what that means: could you and I, for example, create a new sport called "Modern Dueling" and construct a set of rules for it which permits us to fight to the death in a seemingly regulated fashion? Almost certainly not: no reasonable person would consent to be bound by those rules. Yet people do die in MMA, for example, and charges are not bought. It's part of the accepted risk of the sport which is regulated and refereed to prevent lasting harm to participants.

Would two knuckleheads who decided to dress up in NFL gear and run full tilt at each other in a parking lot face charges? What if one of them died? I'd guess yes. Again, I agree with you.

I doubt that sports glorify violence in the relevant sense. In particular, I doubt that people who get excited about the NFL or MMA or whatever are inspired to go out and hurt people in real life.

You would be surprised to see what motivates people to do the things they do, even if it's just a child (https://kotaku.com/grand-theft-auto-blamed-after-eight-year-...) or a teen (http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/02/16/lawsuit-grand-theft-...). And this is just one video game so you can only imagine what all those violent sports and a whole lot of other video games can make people do. Common sense, after all, is not that common.

Didn't this argument get pulled out a lot over a decade ago? I remember none of the studies backing up the notion that watching violent entertainment made someone go out and commit violence although there was evidence of increased heart rate. If I recall correctly the lawyer who was trying to get laws changed in Florida got disbarred for doing things like disseminating all this false information

I'm quite circular-shaped and sedentary, but I love powerlifting motivation videos. They get me so pumped to do whatever I'm getting ready to do.

(E.g: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWfmFLYxcQw )

So, no talking about World War 2 and the Greatest Generation then.