# Fist Fights are Good For Society

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 15, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fist-fights-are-good-for-society/539568 "2010-05-15T19:33:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fist-fights-are-good-for-society/539568/49 "2010-05-16T12:11:23Z")

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It’s weird. Violence doesn’t work, except when it does.

How come it’s socially acceptable to sanction organised violence on a wide scale, but on the individual level, it’s somehow futile and an indicator of our primitive past?

As much as some people claim “violence doesn’t solve anything”, the simple fact is, some people only understand language punctuated by solid blows to the body.

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