BonnieDundee

It is brutal and boring imho, but that shouldn't mean we ban it. I think the same about Opera but should we ban that?

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How to Overthrow the System: brew your own beer; kick in your TV; build your own cabin and p*ss off front porch whenever you bloody well feel like it.
Edward Abbey

Leopold Kohr.

The Bear

LOL!


I can think of a couple that should be sent into oblivion!

Britten’s “Peter Grimes” for one, and anything by Wagner along with it!

The interminable anti-Semitic “Der Ring des Nibelungen”, so believed by Nazis then and now, to my ear is nothing short of a repetitive dirge.

His other works, especially Der fliegende Holländer, a work that he couldn’t even tell the truth about until cornered, was another piece of dross that with the rest should be condemned to perpetual silence!

Fortunately it’s a matter of personal taste, as no doubt there are works that I wax lyrical about that would make others want to vomit.

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Besoeker

Yes, but you could have combined some of the posts.
I notice you often post a link and in the very next post, a quote from the linked article. To me, that seems like one post made into two.
No big deal. My earlier post was just a little bit of a tease.

Besoeker

Have you ever been called a Scot?

Besoeker

I take your point. But would you/could you ban smoking, alcohol, winter attempts on Nanga Parbat etc? Even if banned, would it stop?
In the case of boxing, I think it would still take place but without the regulations that require, for example, a doctor in attendance who can, at his sole discretion, stop the fight at any point if he has any concerns.

Professional boxers are often reasonably well-paid and possibly, on average, net contributors to the treasury.

libertylover

Originally Posted by The Bear
That's a very good point, but at what point should people be protected from themselves?

I'd rather have a libertarian or populist mindset than the Marxist
"better good" for all.

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rjt

Boxing has helped a lot of underprivilged kids and saved them from a life of crime.

I agree with what you say on the death penalty

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kernow

He is Welsh first British second! I am English first British second!

rjt

I dont care whay part of the UK he comes from, or the colour of his skin, or his political persuasion, or whether he eats meat, or whether he is a christian, a muslim, an atheist. His performance was something all of this country can be proud of.

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Mr Delors said that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the community, The Commission to be The Executive and The Council Of Ministers The Senate. NO! NO! NO!
(Margaret Thatcher 30 Oct 1990)

Ignore List: The Prophets of ST Al the Unelectable.

kernow

If more young people took up boxing, there'd be less thuggery! You never hear of Boxers going around beating up elderly people! Or gangs of Boxers "Happy slapping" people"!