Posted by Jim Shady at h-64-236-224-52.twi.com on January 30, 2002 at 13:20:23:
In Reply to: Talk about being closed minded..you win the cake. posted by Duffless on January 30, 2002 at 12:18:16:
: The original poster asked for people's opinions...I gave my well thought out opinion, which you based just because you have a differing opinion..Grow up, and if you had an opinion about boxing then post it...but why post, saying that my opnion is wrong? Get a life, and learn to treat others with respect. -patrica
I have a great deal of respect for your opinion - if you say boxing should end (or it shouldn't - it wasn't too clear), then I've got no problem with it. I just found the reasons you gave that led to your opinion being formed were flawed - they were either wrong or irrelevant.
Perhaps I should be clearer - opinions based on facts are fine, but opinions BASED ON OPINIONS are wrong. For example, if you think boxing is fixed, then that's a good reason for you not to like it. But it's not a reason for calling for the end of boxing unless it's proven to be true - imagine the injustice if it's not fixed. If you were to say "Boxing should end because of the risk of horrific brain damage", that's a much better reason.
I'll explain what I meant about the "violence in boxing being incidental". The sport of boxing is based around beating someone else more than they beat you - agreed? But that's the basis of the sport - someone wouldn't necessarily go into boxing specifically to use it as an outlet for their own violent feelings.
Jim