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Originally Posted by nickk382
If you think that fighting in hockey should no longer be allowed, then why don't we disallow the clean blind side hits that happen? You think that all those huge hits happen accidentally? No, they're done intentionally. Not only that, but those hits are the actually ones that cause serious injury, not fights.
So please enlighten me why fighting should truly be disallowed? You want to just make baseball and hockey to be compatible?
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Look. You clearly have not read my posts—or at least not carefully thought through anything that I have been saying to this point in this discussion, because your questions have virtually NOTHING to do with anything I have posted.
I suggest you go back and have a look at my arguments, and then challenge them individually and specifically on their merits. Here, I'll even give you a head start:
Here is my reason for rejecting the "nuclear deterrent" defense of fighting in hockey:
Premise A: There is fighting in hockey, and there has always been fighting in hockey.
Premise B: There is dangerous play caused by reckless and unsportsmanlike actions with sticks and equipment in hockey, and there has always been dangerous play caused by reckless and unsportsmanlike actions with sticks and equipment in hockey.
Conclusion: There is no evidence to suggest a correlation between fighting and the instances of dangerous play caused by reckless and unsportsmanlike actions with sticks and equipment in hockey.
Here is my argument for why I have been consistently calling for more information about the purpose and place of fighting in hockey:
1. Fighting in hockey is dangerous and there is mounting evidence that its continued place produces long term substantial health risks that dramatically affect one's quality of life.
2. The purpose of fighting in hockey is both highly debatable and not well established.
3. As a means to justify the risks, the best course of action is to educate ourselves as best as we are able to about both the purpose and effect of fighting in hockey, and the long-term impact.
Most of the rest of the relevant points you can find on the last two pages.