This comment is so ignorant it makes me sad. What about Sumo and Kendo? (and many others). A quick Wikipedia quote:
"Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a variety of reasons: self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, entertainment, as well as mental, physical, and spiritual development."
I guess it's hard for you to understand the value of physical health, entertainment, mental, physical and spiritual development. This is something that people in these boards should value a lot more, and that can have a huge impact in your life.
Sorry for the long reply, but your comment made me feel sad for you.
I appreciated most comments that replied to my post. I made it clear that "i thought" that way, because i wasn't sure if my thoughts represented facts or not. Most of the other comments take the time to provide helpful information and educate me, which is cool and what i hoped for.
Only you take the time to belittle me based off 2 sentences.
In the same vein as you presume to proscribe to the rest of the board that they need to lead better lives, i ask you to please try and lead a more compassionate life. :)
My comment was -indeed- actually trying to be educative, at least it was my goal.
In my phrase I should have stated that I was referring to many people that spend most of the day in boards like this one, I made a mistake and generalised in my statement.
> "This is something that people in these boards should value a lot more"
should be:
> "This is something that a lot of people in these boards should value a lot more".
Honestly, a complete list of phrases in there that were inappropiate and/or based on assumptions unsupported by my comment is:
"so ignorant it makes me sad" - yes it was ignorant, as i admitted and explained in why i used the wording i did, and certainly not an ignorance i cling to, so the sad part just comes across as a holier-than-thou ad hominem
"I guess it's hard for you to understand" - that phrase in its own is pretty bad
"I guess it's hard for you to understand the value of physical health, entertainment, mental, physical and spiritual development." - i had just come from the gym, don't think i need to say more to that
"This is something that people in these boards should value a lot more" - who says i don't, i didn't even say it was worthless
"sorry ... your comment made me feel sad for you." - both a non-apology and a needless ad hominem
Edit: I love how the downvotes on this only serve to demonstrate how some parts of this community actively loathe discourse in dialogue.
I don't get why you're being downvoted to oblivion. You were perfectly polite. So people disagree with you about the definition of martial art. So what?
"Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a variety of reasons: self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, entertainment, as well as mental, physical, and spiritual development."
I guess it's hard for you to understand the value of physical health, entertainment, mental, physical and spiritual development. This is something that people in these boards should value a lot more, and that can have a huge impact in your life.
Sorry for the long reply, but your comment made me feel sad for you.