We’ve covered hockey fights before, and the results have not been great. And today we’ll be talking hockey again for obvious reasons, but need to make my positions on this clear from the outset: I respect the athletes, I applaud the fans and their enjoyment of the sport, and I maintain my position that allowing players to fight during the game is dumb as hell.
“But Victor, why do you hate fun?“ Well, I don’t. I love fun! This is just restrained fun with a puritanical facade, a uniquely American phenomenon of craving and encouraging violence but not having the conviction to say it outright.