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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Of course, all of this is valid only within a culture in which fighting is not merely tolerated, it is encouraged. That is the bit that troubles me.
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Why do you think that someone fighting someone else has to be encouraged rather than accepted to have this affect. Even if it is grudgingly tolerated by players, it would still help the team that is down, by dragging down the players on the other team as they look on with disappointment.
Until frustration stops being a thing, highly competitive people will take it out in physically violent ways. A frustrated, highly competitive CEO might beat a punching bag or yell at a subordinate, while a carpenter may throw a hammer, and a hockey player will fight or 2 hand slash someone.
I think it's completely unrealistic to expect competitive behavior including the incidental violence that results to disappear, and I'm not sure that society, business, or hockey would be better if it did.