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Of course the UFC is competition. But its a display of physical agression as well. You don't win by running away, or by winning a philisophical debate about a topic. You win by beating your opponent up more than he does you. Thats important for us to hold dear in our culture, because there are simply situations where being the more physically aggressive party is going to save your skin.
What having these competitions in a school does, is provides a safer outlet for the anger that will likely be unleashed anyway. But its done with protective gear, under supervision. Is it better for two kids to square off, with gloves, headgear, and a mouth piece or have one kid tackle another from behind and start beating his head into the floor and his friends join in kicking him while he's down.
Denying or trying to suppress our natural tendencies to the level we pretend that we shouldn't have an outlet for them is more dangerous and unhealthy IMO, than throwing on some gloves and having at it.
Do you know Anything about Child Development?
Natural tendencies? We have a lot of natural tendencies that we do not act upon! Give me a break. :shock: