I think you can.
Encouragement is just a milder form of compulsion. If boxing promoters and venues are getting rich by paying athletes to do long-term damage to each other and fucking profiting from it, I think that's pretty shitty behaviour, down there with tobacco companies.
I do in fact think horse/dog racing is cruel and ought to be phased out. Fox hunting is in a different league altogether, which is why it's actually illegal now, but makes me particularly sick because the bastards who do it not only have fun but actually dress up for it and try to paint a veneer of respectability over it by calling it "sport". If you need to cull foxes (you don't) use a fucking rifle and get it over with quickly.
Personal responsibility is all well and good, but I don't think one can truly be fully responsible for one's actions when there's an entire industry set up to turn healthy people into injured people + profit.
I agree that rugby/football are the same in principle, but don't forget that the entire point in boxing is to knock out your opponent. Any blow strong enough to do that will cause lasting damage.
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jonbob loves you, Wed 26 Jan 2022, 2:38,
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