jfrey wrote:plhogan wrote:On the fighting thing though, a lot of our "normal" urges are pretty shitty. I would say most of society is based on keeping us from acting on our urges our else we'd basically fuck whatever we didn't eat.
I just wanted to comment on this - hopefully without derailing the conversation. Can't always suppressing our "normal" urges be as detrimental as letting them run rampant? The guys I knew when I used to box were some of the nicest people I have ever met, and outside the ring were almost uniformly very polite, and easy-going people. Most of the fighters I have known - of any style - have been like this. On the flip-side of that, almost all of "nerd-ish" or whatever you'd call it - only intellectually focussed? - people I have known (IRL) have been huge jerks (with a few exceptions of course, as with anything).
i don't think boxing counts as acting on a normal urge, mainly due to the organized and civil nature of it. i think boxing is a totally healthy balance, though. it's a good way to express the urge without letting it control you.
when someone says natural or normal urges, i think of that totally weird carnal rage you get when someone says something infuriating or whatever. going berserker, totally not healthy physically or socially, lol .
for everybody to move on back to the Blooghost thread about the most punchable faces. And if there's anybody left with any interest to the early education the children and such, cork your bottles now, and yo-ho-fukken-ho.
