Link: [On ABCNews/Nightline]
I
must admit that the most shocking part of that piece to me was the dad saying,
“If he wasn’t in this environment, what would he be doing? He’d be standing on a street corner raising
havoc." For I can see where something
like that would be exploited by strangers when there is enough money to be
made, but parents are supposed to be more protective of their own
children—right? Besides, aren’t 8-9
year-olds supposed to be in school and then busy doing their homework when they
get home after classes end for the day?
Evidently
not. For little boys have been fighting
mixed-martial-arts bouts in [Carthage, MO], which is a town around 45 miles to
the southwest of us here in Springfield, for several years now.
To
be quite honest, MMA fighting is not all that appealing to me. For the vast majority of the “action” is
merely a couple of guys grappling with each other until one of them looks like
he might get hurt, but that’s missing the point by a mile—isn’t it?
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