tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post4921422354709791551..comments2024-03-28T21:41:32.110-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Olympic NonsenseGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-67662309012876888462021-08-09T12:58:16.747-04:002021-08-09T12:58:16.747-04:00It seems to me that a karate or boxing match has t...It seems to me that a karate or boxing match has the same relationship to a 'fight' that target shooting does to actual armed combat.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-88937649616173667442021-08-07T23:54:28.760-04:002021-08-07T23:54:28.760-04:00he might also be a European soccer player.
Or sel...<i> he might also be a European soccer player.</i><br /><br />Or self-identifying as a member of the US National Women's Soccer Team.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-41473771115525435852021-08-07T23:52:40.807-04:002021-08-07T23:52:40.807-04:00Reminds me of a scene in a Charleton Heston wester...Reminds me of a scene in a Charleton Heston western; it went sort of like this.<br /><br />Heston and another guy are fighting near a chuck wagon. Trade blows once or twice, then Heston grabs an iron skillet off the wagon and hits the other guy in the head with it. Down the other guy goes. "You don't fight proper," the guy says. "You're the one down," Heston says.<br /><br />Olympics screwed it up. Even in the stylized studio simulated fighting of Olympics "karate," you're allowed to knock out your opponent.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-27850460878143730422021-08-07T23:12:32.706-04:002021-08-07T23:12:32.706-04:00If that's the kind of cheating it takes to win...If that's the kind of cheating it takes to win, how do they know the winner wasn't faking being knocked out? Who knows, he might also be a European soccer player.Aggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089648434324058300noreply@blogger.com