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Anyways, I'd like to think I'm a pretty normal, well-adjusted person and so I guess when I hear that people enjoy the rush of fighting and battle it is just beyond my frame of understanding and possibly gives me a false reality of the possibility of humans living in Peace.
All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life
Looking at the crowd
And I see your body sway, c'mon
Wishin' I could thank you in a different way, c'mon
'Cause all of your time spent keeps us alive
I think you get connected to something deeper when your fighting in front of large crowds like that
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: RustyHook
Humans are also predators. Its good to exercise our predatory nature in a more productive and entertaining way.
originally posted by: cavtrooper7
I know EXACTLY how you feel .
I could no longer run after Desert Storm,the CO at the time wouldn't let me extend to go into the hospital to investigate and I was put out medically from the Cav.
ONLY saw one fight and they opposing side was a joke.Now we are fighting as I wanted and I'm old and sick.
REALLY sucks.
May I suggest you go to what ELSE you like now?
I have my art.
I know a few martial artists who never made martial arts their career but practiced every day for 6 hours + like it was a drug for them and then take a side job at some minimum wage place living like a popper their entire lives. Their Entire Lives!
originally posted by: cavtrooper7
a reply to: MountainLaurel
Fighting IS the job.
Killing is part of it unfortunately.
I watch as my troops die and wish I WAS with them fighting and YOU seek to impair YOUR emotional judgement.
YOU HAD BETTER THANK what ever creator you pray to we are this way.
OTHER WISE ther would BE no volunteer there would be CONSCRIPTION and who knows,YOU might be stuck in my place and we would LOSE!
Enough with the philosophy about violence garbage when adressing warriors.
STOP WAR first.
originally posted by: onequestion
a reply to: GoShredAK
When i meet young aspiring fighters in gyms or when someone is looking for my specific skillset as a coach i tell them the same thing.
Do something else.
If they come back the next day then i ignore them. If they keep coming back eventually i start train them. If someone can talk you out of wanting to be a fighter you shouldnt be there its as simple as that.
I lose money doing that but i dont want to give some 18 year old false hope if that guy isnt totally ready to completely dedicate himself in everyway then he shouldnt be there because some monster is going to destroy him.