Horrific? Let's have a sense of proportion here. They were wearing "Hulk smash fists" which are boxing gloves for children. It's not like they were beating each other over the head with hammers.
Kids looked like they were having fun. I put my sons at that age in karate class. They put on pads and kicked and punched each other.
Let boys be boys. Probably do them some good to learn how to fight.
Sorry, I'm just not so outraged by this.
“Sorry, I’m just not so outraged by this. “
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I imagine you made the choice to enroll your sons in Karate classes with them knowing you were going to be sure nothing happened to them, right?
I mean, if one of your sons is crying after having 3 sets of fight with another boy, you’d be approaching him to what...tell him to ‘boy up,’ and ‘get back in there and kick *ss?’ Something like that?
First, the parents were not aware of their children providing the ENTERTAINMENT for adults.
Second, the parents were not aware of their children being used as punching bags for other little boys or girls who perhaps may have been used as PUNCHING BAGS at home and in turn would take it out on their friends.
Third, the children themselves didn’t understand this was going to turn into a HIT ‘EM TILL THEY DROP to the floor event.
I am not amazed at the way boys play. They play rough.
Boys need healthy outlets for their energy.
It is appalling, however, to see adults getting true enjoyment from the ENTERTAINMENT VALUE of little boys hitting other little boys until they’re on the ground and then keep pummeling them.
It makes one wonder exactly how many men in the world were abused as youngsters and don’t think it’s all that bad...
Like Communists who have a chance at freedom and are reluctant because they want to see the young set of folks suffer under what they suffered...
The ‘Well I survived it, so can you,’ mentality.
Face facts, men and women. These were not little boy playing fighting....
They were the gladiators for the adult entertainment.
And other adults seem to not have an issue with it.
Tempest in a teacup.