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No, we're desperate for violence. Sports is just an outlet for our sublimated ancient tribal warfare impulses anyhow, so it's not surprising that violence and passion would occasionally rear their heads, or that certain professional "gladiators" would be revered and semi-worshiped. The whole thing's (sports) predicated on bloodlust, on harnessing and controlling our violent impulses. We just tend to forget that it's supposed to be an outlet and not an actual arena for violence.
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"If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
- Anatole France
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