Why watch men raping 5-year old boys? Curiosity. So long as I know I won’t suffer psychological damage, I would probably want to watch anything I haven’t seen before.
That was sarcasm, in case anyone didn’t get it
+1
I’d watch it but not regularly and not as a real fan. To me, it would fall in the same category as the tough men/cage fight/death match TV shows but carried to a truly definitive conclusion. I’ve watched those bare knuckle fight shows on occasion although I can’t name which show I’ve seen nor can I name a single participant. If I were staging such an event, wrestling and/or fighting on the ground would be prohibited; give 'em swords or knives and may the best/luckiest person win/survive.
And let’s not restrict the combat to the males of the species.
Just to be clear, these combatants can only use the same weapons that were available in the Roman Colosseum. No guns or ballistics.
Fighting is optional but it’s an avenue to quick parole.
This.
Also this. I have no wish to witness extreme physical and mental suffering.
I’d buy season tickets.
Qualifiers:
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[li]Like Rome, the fights wouldn’t always be to the death.[/li][/ul]
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[li]Unlike Rome, no slaves. Consenting adults only. No animal fights either. And no public executions.[/li][/ul]
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[li]And no “economic slaves”. This wouldn’t be easy to enforce, but I wouldn’t enjoy watching the last-chance-dregs fighting it out for a one-in-a-million shot at riches. It’s too close the gameshow system in Stephen King’s Running Man[/li][/ul]
I rather suspect that, if it could be pulled off legally, the games would be quite popular. shudder
From I, Claudius:
No. There’s plenty of horrific stuff out there already on the internet that approximates this level of violence and after just a couple of curious viewings I’m not interested in seeing anything additional.
“Depends/other answer”
No, but not because of any idea that humans are more civilised now.
No, because just watching the dramatizations of gladiatorial combat on the television series *Rome *nearly made me puke.
I liked the naked theatre though. Less blood and guts, more boobies and hoohahs.
Nope. I find real violence disgusting and nauseating.
Not a chance. Even if I wanted to watch people sparring with these weapons, having the participants suffering significant injuries or having psychopaths fighting to escape from prison would ruin it.
I like the way you think.
I realized I had already answered this question for myself in an earlier thread on the Dope. I will not watch porn where they don’t use condoms. I realize the porn stars may be willing to risk AIDs as part of their jobs, god knows they are people willing to take risks, but damned if anyone is going to risk a fatal disease just to entertain me if I have anything to say about it. And I do.
Okay. Good on you for standing up for something, I suppose.
How was this related to the thread again?
I voted depends. We’re hardly civilized past that (it wasn’t that long ago that public executions were performed), and I’ll watch MMA for a short bit, but MMA doesn’t really interest me. I liked boxing when guys like Ali, Frazier, and Foreman were fighting, but I’m not really interested in that sort of thing now.
So I’d say I’d try it, but could possibly turn it off quickly, either out of boredom or being disgusted (which would depend on how graphically portrayed things are).
People risking their lives to entertain others? :dubious:
This is the most inappropriate post/username combo EVAR.
We’re going to have to change your name to “Nice, Considerate Guy Who Only Wants A Moment Of Your Time.”
Hell no I wouldn’t watch it. You can’t watch stuff like that and it not stay with you somehow.
No. No, of course not.
Witnessing pain and death is unpleasant to me. Why would I do that for entertainment?
I’d be totally against that kind of crap. It’s a stupid way to put inmates on parole. But, yeah I might take a peek. It’s sort of like when people say, “ugh, this soup is disgusting. Here.” I’m a guy who tastes it.
I’d never sit in the stadium. I’d never netflix season four. But, if I saw a link to some snippet on the internet, I might just click it.
No. I greatly enjoy fights between skilled combatants in athletic competitions with rules, safeguards, and referees to ensure their safety, and I will watch without enjoyment fights or even brutal assaults that have already occurred as a learning experience. Watching coerced combatants tear each other to shreds with deadly weapons in prescheduled no-rules fights to death or disfigurement for no reason other than the entertainment of spectators is as distasteful as dogfighting, or more so.