tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1794616172719407441..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Violence in SportsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-30917502575448807782013-12-21T10:41:18.803-05:002013-12-21T10:41:18.803-05:00I re-read an old Travis McGee novel the other day....I re-read an old Travis McGee novel the other day. The hero gets conked on the head and spends a lot of time explaining to the reader how that experience is unlike what happens in the movies. You don't just wake up and hop back into the action. His character is in considerable pain and fuzzy in his thoughts for a long time, while the bad guys get the temporary jump on everyone. That was an unusual approach for the time: John D. MacDonald the iconoclast.<br /><br />I've noticed that TV and movie characters these days are made up to look more convincingly bruised and swollen after fist-fights. Even so, the script almost never calls for them to sustain lasting injuries unless someone is suddenly killed in a casual altercation when his or her skull cracks against a coffee table.<br /><br />I keep thinking about my neighbor's 14-year-old grandson. His mother and grandmother were very unhappy about his dabbling in junior-high football and were relieved when he dropped it. Then they worried about a scuba-diving vacation that his dad took him on last spring. Then this summer he was killed instantly in a head-on collision with a drunk out on parole.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-80731332428007028892013-12-16T16:35:16.904-05:002013-12-16T16:35:16.904-05:00Sure, but the knockout game seems pretty popular :...Sure, but the knockout game seems pretty popular : )<br /><br />But you're no doubt right about where this is going. The more people are aware of the brain injuries, early dementia, suicide etc, the less fun it becomes to watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-83429631047399299952013-12-15T11:26:32.476-05:002013-12-15T11:26:32.476-05:00Football and hockey are among the many sports I ne...Football and hockey are among the many sports I never watch.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-89021901252827254622013-12-14T23:30:33.548-05:002013-12-14T23:30:33.548-05:00I'm thinking Touch Football rules by 2035.I'm thinking Touch Football rules by 2035.Dubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.com