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Re: Battlebots is NOT violence
Posted by Thomas A. Frank at 04/11/2001 2:23 PM EST


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In Reply to: Battlebots is NOT violence
Posted by James Jones on 04/11/2001 1:53 PM EST:



James;

Thank you for your well written statement, which needed to be said.

TAF


: Let's be careful how we throw about the word "violence". Websters defines it as: "Physical force exerted for the purpose of violating, damaging, or abusing". Two robots robots built for the purpose of destroying one another and put into an arena to do just that neither violates (as in violating an inherent right) nor abuses (as in using for a purpose other that what it was designed for) either robot. Yes, they do exert force for the purposes of damaging but be carefull how you apply that. If any damaging is violence then driving a nail into board or crushing a can for recycling is violence.

: When a person beats, rapes or kills another person, THAT is violence. Let's not cheapen the concept of violence by throwing in every activity that might be aggressive or involve destruction. One robot running into another is not violence IMHO (whether it's on Battlebots or in a FIRST match).


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