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29. There is a very fine line between this type of sport and bloodlust.

Tue May 26, 2026, 06:25 PM

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A tightrope walker is fine until he isn't. A racer is fine until he isn't and in a sport where one of its purposes is to display how much punishment one can take before losing a fighter is fine until he isn't. These are the lines between life and death that people are encouraging with their support. It is only a matter of time before the line is crossed. Whether it's physically disfigured, disabled, or death doesn't matter to those supporters. They will shrug it off as if it was some kind of freak event and that it wasn't what they came to see.

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