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- From: jpc@philabs.philips.com (John P. Curcio;6442;3.55;)
- Subject: Re: War on Violence a Joke (Scott Taylor)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.150025.17845@philabs.philips.com>
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- References: <C1AG25.9nD@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <kalford-270193180749@staffws.maclab.comp.uvic.ca> <1993Jan28.061354.12857@Princeton.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:00:25 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan28.061354.12857@Princeton.EDU> fafuria@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Frederick Arthur Furia) writes:
-
- >(2) Intentionally hurting another person is illegal in both Canada and the US, and outside
- > of a hockey rink is cause for arrest (and should be *inside* the arena as well).
-
- I guess you are also calling for a complete ban on boxing, since the
- whole basis of that activity (I fail to see how it can be called a
- sport) is beating the snot out of somebody.
-
-
- >The good news is, I heard a report that fighting in the NHL has gone down a bit this year, and
-
- Yeah, but FIGHTING ISN'T THE PROBLEM! The extra-curricular crap that
- happens at the end of a blowout is uncalled for, but non-premeditated
- fights always have been (and will be) part of the game. The biggest
- problem in the NHL is the cheap shots, and that is where all the
- do-gooders should concentrate.
-
- >that the average game has .5 more goals. (Not as much as was hoped for...)
-
- In my book, that's a negative. Hockey is best when it is played as a
- close-checking defensive game. Goals are nice to watch, but saves are
- nicer.
-
- -JPC
-
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