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[โ€“] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Appealing to history isn't as strong as you might think, when we are talking about whether or not society should promote a social activity.

[โ€“] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

Yeah like the Greeks did have some super cool ideas (democracy good, though flawed a bit, and that's some sweet beards y'all). But also a lot of fucking terrible ones. I'm not going to put wrestling on the same pillar as "we all get to decide who's in charge".

One is a more valuable contribution that is literally the opposite of "might makes right" and the other is.....more or less a metaphor for it. I have to say that equivocation got a good belly laugh, along with the assertion that I didn't "understand MMA" (as though bread and circus was a deep subject).