Boxing should be Banned

[Infected Mushroom]

if boxing is banned,that would call for all other sports to be banned.

No, other sports are not blatantly violent and harmful

[Lunatic Goofballs]

So? Just because something is bad for you doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.

actually, it does mean you shouldn't do it

if something is actually on balance bad for you, then the only logical course of action is to not do it. Hence the rule of... you shouldn't do it.

it follows logically

Living is bad for us. It will eventually kill us all.

[The Two Jerseys]

if boxing is banned,that would call for all other sports to be banned.

No, other sports are not blatantly violent and harmful

Um, American football?
Rugby?
Wrestling?

[Lavochkin]

So? Just because something is bad for you doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.

actually, it does mean you shouldn't do it

if something is actually on balance bad for you, then the only logical course of action is to not do it. Hence the rule of... you shouldn't do it.

it follows logically

Games of Thrones is bad for you. Therefore it should be banned by your logic.

[Doom Legions]

I'd rather not have my opponent use my manhood as punching bags. :S

Simple solution: remove your manhood.

(๏ ͟ʖ๏)
No.

[Val Halla]

I'd rather not have my opponent use my manhood as punching bags. :S

Simple solution: remove your manhood.

I'm not having boxers get in my way

[Redsection]

So? Just because something is bad for you doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.

actually, it does mean you shouldn't do it

if something is actually on balance bad for you, then the only logical course of action is to not do it. Hence the rule of... you shouldn't do it.

it follows logically

Human's follow instinct not logic.That instinct would be violence.

[The Huskar Social Union]

if boxing is banned,that would call for all other sports to be banned.

No, other sports are not blatantly violent and harmful

Ice Hockey, Martial Arts, Rugby, Wrestling (and i mean actual wrestling), Hurling, American Football.

People have suffered massive and longlasting injuries or died in all of those sports, many of them on the same level as Boxing. Basic research would show this.

So why dont you ban them?

[Second Blazing]

No. Just no.

Have you no sense of adventure?

You wanna take a nutshot from Mike Tyson, be my guest.

[Redsection]

No, other sports are not blatantly violent and harmful

Um, American football?
Rugby?
Wrestling?

Rugby,the lawless sport as I call it.Very painful to play.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Who would? But the risk is part of the fun.

Yesssss. Cause betting your balls makes games more exciting. (actually it does but only for the viewers)

I have been struck in the groin more times than I can count(I lost count in the low two hundreds) and It has never been boring.

[Olthar]

So? Just because something is bad for you doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.

actually, it does mean you shouldn't do it

if something is actually on balance bad for you, then the only logical course of action is to not do it. Hence the rule of... you shouldn't do it.

it follows logically

Yeah, it is true that people shouldn't do things that are bad for them, but people aren't always rational. It may make the world a safer, and probably better, place, but you're not going to convince people to ban country music.

[Forth Firth]

So? Just because something is bad for you doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.

actually, it does mean you shouldn't do it

if something is actually on balance bad for you, then the only logical course of action is to not do it. Hence the rule of... you shouldn't do it.

it follows logically

Yet you look to physical injury as the only outcome of boxing. You ignore physical fitness, pleasure in competition, finance, etc, etc.

It doesn't really follow all too logically

[Infected Mushroom]

actually, it does mean you shouldn't do it

if something is actually on balance bad for you, then the only logical course of action is to not do it. Hence the rule of... you shouldn't do it.

it follows logically

Living is bad for us. It will eventually kill us all.

You can dispute what is or isn't bad for a person.

What I am not okay with (because it simply doesn't follow logically) is for people to say like the previous poster...

''Just because something is bad doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.''

Because that just makes no sense at all. If you said ''I don't think its bad for you'' or ''I don't think its bad for every single person'' and then provide reasons, we have something to talk about.

But if you're going to go... ''Well it IS bad''... BUT... it doesn't follow that you shouldn't do it... you have completely lost me.

Because there is no logical scenario where you can accept something to be Bad and then go on to say... ''well it doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't do it.''

You can't reach that second part unless you are disputing that it is not bad.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Have you no sense of adventure?

You wanna take a nutshot from Mike Tyson, be my guest.

With the right incentive, I would.

[Napkiraly]

No, other sports are not blatantly violent and harmful

Um, American football?
Rugby?
Wrestling?

Hockey.
HEMA.
MMA.
Aussie football.

[Napkiraly]

You wanna take a nutshot from Mike Tyson, be my guest.

With the right incentive, I would.

Well at least you could tell us what having a burst testicle feels like.

Personally, one of mine twisting was enough.

[The Ben Boys]

People go into the ring knowing the risks, and everything is consensual. Just because it doesn't fit your elitist perfect world doesn't mean that it should be banned.

[Infected Mushroom]

actually, it does mean you shouldn't do it

if something is actually on balance bad for you, then the only logical course of action is to not do it. Hence the rule of... you shouldn't do it.

it follows logically

Yet you look to physical injury as the only outcome of boxing. You ignore physical fitness, pleasure in competition, finance, etc, etc.

It doesn't really follow all too logically

Second Blazing doesn't dispute that it is Bad (not in the quote anyways), he's disputing the conditional that follows from something being established as bad. And I don't agree with the conditional.

[Olthar]

Simple solution: remove your manhood.

(๏ ͟ʖ๏)
No.

It's either that or get used as target practice.

[Torisakia]

Well if we ban boxing, we might as well ban any other martial art and combat sport. Hell, we might as well just ban all full-contact sports if we do that.

[Infected Mushroom]

People go into the ring knowing the risks, and everything is consensual. Just because it doesn't fit your elitist perfect world doesn't mean that it should be banned.

200 people could have been alive longer if they did not tragically meet their fate in a state-sanctioned entertainment of pure violence, and many people today would not have brain damage or wrist injuries from boxing

[Infected Mushroom]

Well if we ban boxing, we might as well ban any other martial art and combat sport. Hell, we might as well just ban all full-contact sports if we do that.

and we should consider each and every sport on a case by case basis, but for boxing the red line has clearly been crossed

[Lunatic Goofballs]

With the right incentive, I would.

Well at least you could tell us what having a burst testicle feels like.

Personally, one of mine twisting was enough.

Pain is fleeting. Interesting stories are eternal.

[Olthar]

You wanna take a nutshot from Mike Tyson, be my guest.

With the right incentive, I would.

I'd get punched once for a few million. Definitely. *nods*