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These events almost certainly cause long-term brain damage. The type of brain damage that will make the participants more likely to commit acts of violence in
by marcuskane2 2y ago
These events almost certainly cause long-term brain damage.
The type of brain damage that will make the participants more likely to commit acts of violence in the future due to impulse control issues (see the high incidence of prior concussion among violent offenders in prison, high incidence of domestic violence among people who've suffered head trauma previously, many known instances of people who became irritable, impulsive, violent after concussions/mtbi).
Even those who don't commit violent acts are likely to suffer depression, anxiety, mood swings, difficulty concentrating, etc.
Society at large bears the burden of the increased healthcare costs for these individuals later on in life. Every slap can be directly linked to future costs to medicare/hospitals, police/first-responders, judicial system, etc.
- JohnMakin 2y ago> These events almost certainly cause long-term brain damage. So do lots of other sports that are commonly accepted today, such as football, boxing, etc. It's difficult to make a societal argument when those things also exist in much greater numbers elsewhere - how many power slap fighters are there? You can even go outside of sports and find a myriad of other things like alcohol, tobacco, recreational drugs that have a $X societal cost. It is not really that convincing of an argument to me, especially at the scale this event currently exists in.