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Sports and violence
"It's a brutal sport; I never play it. You've got to be an idiot to play. But I love to watch."
Larry Selvin
Financial accountant,
West Roxbury, Massachusetts
Rams third and 4 on the Titans 34 yard line. Warner takes the snap, drops back, sees Marshall Faulk run up the gut and avoiding coverage. Warner passes to Faulk, just as Blaine Bishop comes across the middle and levels Faulk as the defenseless halfback first touches the ball. As Faulk falls to the ground, Bishop stands to greet the roaring crowd, beating on his chest like a warrior. Faulk proceeds to the sideline to lick his wounds as the punt team comes onto the field, and the defense prepares to destroy the punter as their hunger for blood is insatiable.
Why is this so popular? Football at all levels is better than ever. We even pay up to fifty bucks a fight to watch the WBC title fight every six months or so. Heck, even USC has a rugby team. Men love violence. Weather consciously or unconsciously, we actually all thrive on some sort of violence occasionally. If you drive by a bad wreck, you hope that everything is ok, but secretly you wonder if there is a corpse or any lost limbs. I even have sat on the couch following the tragic events taking place in the Washing
Approximate Word count = 1013
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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