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Originally Posted by Boomer
I agree with your thought about us becoming a society of pussies, in general.. In this case, maybe it was because I was watching the game live and I, like the players really thought he was dead or about to die, I believe they really could not play the game. Amazing that nobody came this close to death in a game before so there is no precedent.
Bringing it closer to horse racing, when a jock is killed on the track, I recall races are always cancelled for the day.
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Agreed. Society looks a lot different even from when I grew up 25 years ago. But as you said, a person's life and the possibility of losing said life--for a game--is serious.
Football isn't a scenario like trying to hold the Nazis or Viet Cong at bay.
There's an astronomical gap between "safe zones and correct pronouns" vs. respecting a human being who almost died along with the wishes of those who watched him almost die.
