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Title: Global Force for Good?
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Published: Aug 7, 2011
Author: me
Post Date: 2011-08-07 12:13:51 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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Views: 485
Comments: 14

So, I was watching MMA on TV last night with my son and throughout the program the Navy had TV recruitment commercials calling the US Navy a "Global Force for Good." Since I do not watch TV on a regular basis I do not know how long the Navy has been billing itself as such but I was completely disgusted. The commercials were surreal. I felt like I was watching the movie Starship Troopers. You know, the movie about war with bugs where TV was filled with military propaganda about how great and glorious the military was.

I found it truly disturbing. What's even more disturbing is the thought of how many young people will fall for the bullshit and join up thinking they are actually doing good instead of being fodder for the Global Force for the murder of innocent women and children still living in 12th century mud huts.

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Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-08-07   12:19:07 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Muscle bound hero-wannabes out to prove how they're all better than the next guy, largely. I know several that are MMAs around my area, at least four, and all four fit that description.

I'm sure that fits some, but definitely not all MMA fighters. My son is an MMA fighter and he doesn't fit that description. He's shy and quiet and if he keeps his grades up will be in the running for valedictorian of his high school class. He has been wrestling and training in the martial arts since he was 6 years old. He has a black belt in something called Rosenbach Warrior Training Branches, a blue belt in Brazilian Jujitsu and has been training in Muay Thai kickboxing for about three years now. MMA has allowed him to actually use the skills he's learned in a (somewhat) realistic environment. There are plenty of people participating in MMA who do not fit that description.

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Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-08-07   13:05:13 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I didn't mean the fighters themselves. Many of them, ironically, seem very docile out of the octagon. I meant primarily the fans. Fans always fantasize. I was just commenting on the locals here.

My misunderstanding. I agree that the fans can be pretty moronic and obnoxious. When I go and watch my son compete it's funny watching all of the "badasses" strutting around like roosters in a hen house. I doubt if even half of them actually train in any martial art much less MMA. LOL!

The Brazillian Jujitsu IMO is the best, but what do I know. LOL

It's a must have skill nowadays if you are going to compete, as is wrestling. The ground game is very important.

Oddly, MMA is among the more sportsmanlike sports. JMO

Not really. Think about it - a huge number of MMA fighters come from martial arts disciplines that teach self-discipline, self-control, self-respect and respect for others. Those attitudes breed sportsmanship-like behavior.

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