Ok, so this is going to be a little bit of a rant.
I was just surfing the web and I came across a news article from Washington DC that was extremely disturbing to me. This article discusses the spreading of a "game" in which strangers are the target of random knockout punches.... Excuse me? Did i read this correctly? What kind of criminal idiot would invent this game, and what kind of coward would continue to play it!!!!! Watching the footage was extremely bothersome and made me feel sick seeing the bodies of the men AND women falling unconsciously to the ground. In reading the article provided with the video it stated that some people have also lost their lives due to this "game."
Growing up I can safely say that I have never been in a fight, or thrown a punch in anger or with the intent to hurt someone. That is not the case for everyone, but hell, some people deserve it. In rugby punches are thrown all the time, but 90% of the time it is harmless, and 99% of the time the players know each other. Rugby, and sports in general instill a code within the person. Pick on someone your own size. Sure you will try to out muscle someone smaller than you to make a good play, but you would never go on a personal attack against someone who is a pipsqueak compared to you. You see this all the time in hockey, where the smaller player is hit by the bigger one and the enforcers come in and make it an even fight.
I think that these punks punching out random strangers on the street need to be "enforced" themselves... preferably by the police and a stern judge.
If you want to see this disturbing footage click here
thank you for listening
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