# No More "BumFights" on YOUTUBE? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-bumfights-on-youtube/391373 "2007-02-08T17:28:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-bumfights-on-youtube/391373/1 "2007-02-08T17:28:38Z")
jhave these things beeen made illegal? Why all the fuss? professional fighters tdo the same (for much more money). Any reason why this mode of self-expression is now disreputable? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-bumfights-on-youtube/391373/2 "2007-02-08T17:31:48Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] jhave these things beeen made illegal? Why all the fuss? professional fighters tdo the same (for much more money). Any reason why this mode of self-expression is now disreputable? [/QUOTE] You mean has “soliciting others to commit a crime” been made illegal? Yeah, I think it has. Probably sometime around 1215. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-bumfights-on-youtube/391373/3 "2007-02-08T18:09:51Z")
Turns out some of the homeless solicited to fight may not have had their state boxing licenses. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-bumfights-on-youtube/391373/4 "2007-02-08T18:13:24Z")
It took me a little while to realize you were talking about the homeless. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-bumfights-on-youtube/391373/5 "2007-02-08T18:23:24Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] jhave these things beeen made illegal? Why all the fuss? professional fighters tdo the same (for much more money). Any reason why this mode of self-expression is now disreputable? [/QUOTE] I do not recall the last time a professional fighter was offered 20.00 to pull out their own teeth with pliers. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-bumfights-on-youtube/391373/6 "2007-02-08T21:09:08Z")
Or when they coerced the guy to take a pole and beat on the first passing car he saw? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-bumfights-on-youtube/391373/7 "2007-02-08T21:11:32Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Or when they coerced the guy to take a pole and beat on the first passing car he saw? [/QUOTE] Ah yes…good times…good times… ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-bumfights-on-youtube/391373/8 "2007-02-08T21:11:34Z")
“Self-expression”?! ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-bumfights-on-youtube/391373/9 "2007-02-08T21:14:20Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] jhave these things beeen made illegal? Why all the fuss? [/QUOTE] Need you even ask? Taking advantage of people who are desperate for ‘entertainment’. Gawd what is wrong with this world? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-bumfights-on-youtube/391373/10 "2007-02-08T21:22:11Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] Any reason why this mode of self-expression is now disreputable? [/QUOTE] When the hell was it considered “reputable?” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-bumfights-on-youtube/391373/11 "2007-02-08T23:10:36Z")
I didn’t think bumfights were a big deal until I heard a doc on Canadian radio that included interviews with some of the homeless guys who participated. Heartbreaking.