Sparring A Girl

No they don't, but that's besides the point.

Yes they do - there are limits on freedom of speech in all countries.

No it isn't. This is a private forum, just like going to a coffee shop or a bar. You can be kicked out if the owner (or their appointed representative) decide to do so, and your freedom of speech is not protected in any way whatsoever. I've never understood where this misconception that you have freedom of speech on a privately owned forum comes from.

Because I enjoy the thankless task of trying to challenge ignorance at every opportunity. Plus I get bored very easily.

 

Because that's the way reading works.
I don't know I won't like something you've said until I've read it. By which time it's too late. Because I've read it. And as this is a discussion forum I'm then going to comment on it if it espouses a view i think should die out. That's how we get outdated views to die out. By picking up on them when they rear their ugly heads.

 

ah, but a community is a collection of individuals, ergo, those individuals and their contributions form said community. if an individual joins, and professes a point of view that runs counter to the community's current zeitgeist, the other members of their community will react, because it reflects on the community at large. and since we WANT newcomers to the forum, we react badly to things which could reflect badly on us, such as individuals expressing sexist opinions regarding training (which at large also reflect badly upon martial arts itself as regarding women, and we also want more women to start doing martial arts and other physical training such as weight lifting).

additionally, as was said, you expressed an opinion that holds no logical value whatsoever except as related to your own perceptions, making it for all intents and purposes wrong, as well as offensive to other members.

 

Now you know, so stop reading, and move on.

 

Hi men and women equally ;-) I would just like to contribute to this conversation as someone who has been in fights outside the ring with both genders and lived to tell the tale. Someone on here said that fighting a weaker male (or one with a chronic breathing disability) should change the level playing ground a bit, only it doesn't at all when things go wrong. Well let's see how long this little message lasts before the wolves rip it to shreds again!!

Mod warning:

Masked profanity is against the ToS.

 

Nope.

Other than being slightly confusing in terms of sentence structure (and the masked curse which'll be taken out by a mod soon, I'm sure) I can't see any reason that people would rip your post to shreds this time.

 

Oh, great now the moderators are involved.
I really hate to say, this started out as a fun tread, that I though we could joke about, but some of you are taking this way too seriously.
We need to not be so stressed, and relax and not take other people's opinions so seriously. I have never directly attacked someone. That is different.
Since you people can't have any fun, I am unsubscribing from this thread, and I am not going to bother with it any more.
I am getting annoyed, and I am risking getting a wrist-slap by the mods, which I don't need.
I am apologizing to the moderators right now. My intentions we to have a bit of fun and create an intelligent discussion, which obviously can not be done here.
I'm sorry.

 

Nope - I don't think at any point it was a 'fun tread', or thread for that matter.

I don't believe anyone's stressed at all. Generally you can tell someone's stressed in a forum from their 'I'm leaving forever' whining.

Speak of the devil.

Again - I suspect you're the only one stressed here as your prejudices are being challenged. This is often difficult.

Intelligent discussion isn't a problem in the slightest. Unfortunately your standards for intelligent discussion are evidently different from everyone else's.

Have fun now.

 

Stop whining. You're not a victim here. You posted sexism and you got called out for...gasp...sexism.

 

As a general rule I don't ever believe this when people say it.
I bet they always come back for another look. It's human nature.

 

Of course - I doubt any of the followup posts would have gone up if it weren't.

Although I suspect this thread is going to be locked shortly, can't think of any way it can produce anything of value from here on out other than some light banter.

 

You can't make us

 

Well, now you know what happens to trolls here on MAP.

 

you have an opinion, but theres so many people taking the moral high ground here, like saints! tho i bet the amount of time spent on internet sites by some of the people who seem to live on MAP will be into some pretty unethical and moraly questionable stuff themselfs (you know who you are, dirty boys! so come down off your high horses and get some perspective. hes new to the fight game, not everyones used to seeing women fighting! isnt a big deal. guidence is what hes after, to understand!!

i understand where you are coming from with the sparring thing with a girl, however.. see it from her point of view, she has had to be much braver and stronger that you to even walk into the gym in the first place!
who can she get better with if no-one wants to spar with her?, she feels like you do right now on this forum,only she hasnt done or said anything to alienate herself, just by being a girl!
you are a team and one day your gonna spar with a champion fighter to improve yourself.. what if he thought the same?.."he aint as good as me, why should i spar him?"
happily spar her and help her, cos one day your gonna want the same off some one bigger and better than you
all the best dude

 

No, no, I never take the moral high ground. I'd have to go too far uphill. I just despise people with rightwing/sexist/discriminatory views because of their narrow mindedness, and enjoy tormenting them.