tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864297035598523053.post5925535087178276274..comments2023-10-31T09:54:14.174-04:00Comments on The Linesman: Through The Eyes Of A Small ChildThe Writing Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08210534457642358474noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864297035598523053.post-65203044677074134372009-03-30T04:11:00.000-04:002009-03-30T04:11:00.000-04:00EDIT:I just found a typo. A little more than 3/4 t...EDIT:<BR/><BR/>I just found a typo. A little more than 3/4 through my original comment it says:<BR/><BR/>B. Fighting involves fighting.<BR/><BR/>It should be:<BR/><BR/>B. Hockey involves fighting.The Writing Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210534457642358474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864297035598523053.post-61219456749527098242009-03-29T21:04:00.000-04:002009-03-29T21:04:00.000-04:00Dear Anonymous, Yours is the worst analogy I have ...Dear Anonymous, <BR/><BR/>Yours is the worst analogy I have ever heard. It works just like this:<BR/><BR/>If you don't want your kids to be so fat, then just put them on a McDonald's diet.<BR/><BR/>See? It makes absolutely no sense, right? Neither does yours.Someone Coolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853350599761230592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864297035598523053.post-9463097034939529342009-03-29T05:06:00.000-04:002009-03-29T05:06:00.000-04:00Dear reader,Thanks for visiting and taking the tim...Dear reader,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment.<BR/><BR/>Your analogy, "That's like complaing that a fight broke out at a boxing match," proves nothing.<BR/><BR/>First, I know what to expect out of boxing. Fighting. Punches, blows, blood, bruises. Some ugly stuff. A boxing fan watches boxing because fighting IS the game of boxing.<BR/><BR/>Hockey is about skating, shooting, passing, etc. This is acceptable for young children to watch. But then these idiotic, unexplainable fights break out and that is not acceptable for kids to see (Just as that one father on the Toronto Star website pointed out).<BR/><BR/>Fighting has unfortunately become "a part of the game" of hockey because a culture of violence has been tolerated for many decades. People like you accept fighting in hockey because hockey fans have turned their brains off and failed to evaluate this idiotic culture of violence critically.<BR/><BR/>You believe it is essential to the game of hockey only because it is a tradition. My mission is to show you that fighting is <B>not necessary in hockey.</B> Traditions needs to be evaluated all the time to make sure that society isn't doing or tolerating something stupid when it shouldn't <BR/><BR/>I won't take my kid to a boxing match or an MMA match because it's not kids entertainment. It's meant for adults who have the capacity to understand that the sport involves fighting and blood. And you know what? I have no problem with that. <B> You don't have an argument because of that fact.</B> <BR/><BR/>Boxing is different than hockey because it is all about fighting. Currently, the NHL accepts fighting and my whole argument is <B>that it's a very big problem.</B><BR/><BR/>Ok, now my turn to give you some advice:<BR/><BR/>If you love fighting so much, why do you bother watching hockey? Shouldn't you be a boxing fan instead? You must be really bored during hockey games because fighting only happens about 10% of the time, if not less. How do you tolerate 90% of quality skill and play, and anxiously await for a brawl to erupt?<BR/><BR/>Try really hard to look at this logical argument:<BR/><BR/><BR/>A. Fighting is not acceptable for children to watch.<BR/><BR/>B. Boxing involves fighting.<BR/><BR/>C. Children should not be allowed to watch boxing.<BR/>___________________________________<BR/><BR/>Now change B and C like this:<BR/><BR/>B. Fighting involves fighting.<BR/><BR/>C. Children should not be allowed to watch hockey.<BR/><BR/>That my friend, is true. As long as violence is tolerated, I will not let me children play or watch hockey. And if they do want to watch it, I will take a lot of time to explain that the fighting part is very, very, very stupid.<BR/><BR/>I'm ready for a rebuttal any time.The Writing Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210534457642358474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864297035598523053.post-6906986111539999262009-03-28T01:21:00.000-04:002009-03-28T01:21:00.000-04:00If you don't want your son to see fighting why the...If you don't want your son to see fighting why the hell did you bring him to a hockey game?<BR/><BR/>That's like complaining that a fight broke out at a boxing match you took your son tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com