Not going to quote you to save space, but this is reply to Rena on 7505.2. After this I might do some sort of rebuttal instead of only challenging/striking down your points
1. Of your 4 examples, only MMA is something I would agree has aggressive 'tendencies'. Hockey and Rugby would only be considered to be that if you are incredibly sheltered and unable to handle men tackling eachother and the occasional "fight" (a majority of the time they have a sort of gentleman's agreement to not seriously hurt each other and shake hands after). And Nascar? How the fuck is that aggressive in any nature? Unless you are referring to people who may say "I only watch it for the crashes", which a terrible example to use, as its equivalent to saying "I only go to the beach to see if anyone drowns" and no actual fan would say.
2. You have a complete lack of knowledge about the sport if you are going to use this in an argument. Yes it is technically true, but so is the fact that there is 5.9 popes per square mile in the Vatican. You are completely ignoring a massive part of the game to come to that conclusion.
3. Believing that sports were invented with solely the spectator in mind is laughable. People only watch to "keep their eye on the ball" are among the lowest common denominator of viewers. People who tune in every week to watch their team play and come to forums (such as here) to discuss the events are way above this and in fact do put in enough thought to the game to have at least a minimal strategic and critical understanding of what is going on.
4. I bet you also watch MTV and proclaim that all TV is shitty reality shows nowadays. If you want news that relates to you and your interests, try going to Nat Geo or Ars Technica instead of TMZ. News organizations will report on what their demographic is interested in and what gets them viewers/page clicks. I don't go to the Disney channel expecting to find something I find interesting.
Haven't proofread aside from typos. Oops
20-Jun-2014 14:55:14
