LondonRingRules Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Not all boxing in this example mind you, just cadet boxing training at the elite Army, Navy, and Air Force academies. A certain ex military captain now sitting as chairman on the civilian advisory board at Westpoint, Brenda Sue Fulton, seems to be leading the charge. Concussions are being blamed as being too numerous, some 20-25% of the academy concussions from boxing, but as befits the typical tabloid press mentality of the media these days, there no mention about banning the other 75-80% of training leading to concussions, nor were those other activities revealed. Facts are in the real world, US military training exercises kill and maim hundreds every year, but no mention of that in this article to provide any risk context at all. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/us/despite-concussions-boxing-is-still-required-for-military-cadets.html?_r=0 Now, not to demean an honorably discharged officer and up and coming do gooder purporting to be looking after the best interests of our young officer/warriors in waiting, but how about Ms. Fulton look into banning war and disbanding the US Military Industry that is the biggest financial drain in this country, responsible for executing unceasing wars all over the middle east since the start of the new millennium. Hundreds of thousands US service folks are now dead, incapacitated or otherwise mentally and physically scarred for life not to mention the millions of foreign deaths, horrendous injuries, and population upheavals. Then we have the hamhanded US destruction of much their much needed infrastructure. Oh, and how’s about all the Islamic terrorist groups sworn to the destruction of America that their political masters in Washington DC have created by using the military as pawns in a high stakes international power game benefiting the elite One Percenters of the world? No way Jose, it ain’t never gonna go down like that, too many trillion$ at stake for a lifetime of personal luxury and power mongering. No sir, that would be far too difficult not to mention imperil her cushy big shot position that 99.9% of Americans could never hold no matter their qualifications. Best to pick a basket of the low hanging fruit and pronounce easy feel good success and sweet dreams at night after the hundred well feted and lubricated dinners and balls held yearly in Washington DC as all bask shamelessly in their despicable deeds. All’s well that ends well for these types of folks no matter the cost in American and foreign lives and futures. One mother working at the Pentagon, outraged over her son being concussed by boxing, plaintively asked, “All the research and prevention going on in the Department of Defense right now on this, and we are still forcing kids to give other kids head injuries? Have we learned nothing from 10 years of war?” More here: https://roberto00.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/the-hue-the-cry-to-ban-boxing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) Re: The Hue & The Cry To Ban Boxing Hmmm... You know, London, I agree with everything you've written & implied. However, as a fellow moderator (who almost never has anything to do around here!) I gotta' say that about half of your post / political tirade does not belong in the world boxing thread. Even though I'm with you 100%. Edited October 6, 2015 by Cableaddict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Re: The Hue & The Cry To Ban Boxing --- How else to contextualize the inane bureaucratic banality of wanting to ban boxing in the middle of self created horrific wars and global upheavals? Feel free to put it in chatterbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Re: The Hue & The Cry To Ban Boxing Political statements aside etc, the one thing to rememeber is no one is FORCED into a boxing ring. They go in of their own accord, knowing full well of the possible consequences. Yes sometimes there's a bloke in the ring who is totally mismatched against his hot prospect opponent, but for the most part the ref stops the beatdown accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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