Do you ever feel guilty?

[Jim_Davis]

Haha Nope. End of the day each boxer gets into that ring knowing the consequences.

[kayjay]

Well said.

Now forgive me for a little of what they call spamming:

"His aggressiveness is introjected, internalized; it is, in point of fact, sent back to where it came from—that is, it is directed towards his own ego. There it is taken over by a portion of the ego, which sets itself over against the rest of the ego as super-ego, and which now, in the form of ‘conscience’, is ready to put into action against the ego the same harsh aggressiveness that the ego would have liked to satisfy upon other, extraneous individuals. The tension between the harsh super-ego and the ego that is subjected to it, is called by us the sense of guilt; it expresses itself as a need for punishment. Civilization therefore, obtains mastery over the individual’s dangerous desire for aggression by weakening and disarming it and by setting up an agency within him to watch over it, like a garrison in a conquered city." -- SF

[Derranged_]

Yes, I feel guilty and somewhat ashamed of myselft, that I could be a fan of a sport where the contestants run the risk sustaining a life-altering injury such as brain damage or even death.

On saturday night I watched about half on the Burgos-Darchinyan fight before flipping the channel to HBO to watch the Miranda fight and remember saying that this guy(burgos) is taking some huge shots and won't go the 12. Today, I checked boxingscene for the results and was devastated by the news of Victor's injury. I just hope that his injury was similiar to Joe Mesi's in that he will recover with no permanent damage. My prayers are with Victor and his family today.

[.Mik.]

I love seeing a bit of Freud brought up in a boxing debate. Bravo for keeping the tone raised high.

I will be looking for a way to bring philosophy and theology into a thread wherever I can. Makes for so much more interesting of a discussion than 'hating and nuthugging'.

[King Koyle]

Intelligent responses guys...I actually feel a little better about it than I did this morning when I first heard the news.I just hope Victor's pulls out of this alright.

[-Antonio-]

That was the first time I ever saw a fight live where the guy ended up like that. So I was a bit freaked out because all I was thinking of was McClellan and how he broke down the same way. All signs are saying hes going to be ok though, so its all good.

I dont feel guilt though. They know what they are getting into when they get into the ring. They make that decisian, and they might have to pay for it unfortunatly.

[TheEvilSaint]

guilty? no.

embarrassed? frequently.

[.Mik.]

Being 'a bit freaked out' is likely your compassion and as such is the way that your guilt is displaying itself. Not all guilt has to be of the crying into the pillow, wishing you'd done things some other way, kind.

I felt the exact same way as you described when I watched the McClellan fight. Was rooting for Benn so hard the way he came back. It was horrible that he was lying their crumbling as Benn was (quite rightly) berating the disbelievers who claimed he would never be able to defeat McClellan.

The feeling of realisation when it sinks in that "I have just cheered on as this man effectively ends this other man's life" is quite frightening. BUT...its boxing.