Superbowl halftime show, etc?

[rebl_rn]

We were singing along too - we tried to get my dad to sing, he said he didn’t know the words (this was the “na na” part) :roll: - but even he eventually sang along!

Beth

[glauber]

I think it was pretty impressive. The Hoffner bass was classy, and the pyrotechnics on Live and Let Die were out of this world. How do they set up that stage, with all that equipment, in so little time? And Paul was definitely rocking.

Who was the lead guitar player? He almost stole the show.

[emmline]

@aderyn_du

Hey emm, I did too! Sorry for those wrong notes I hit… I’d had a little too much merlot.

My sauvignon blanc made your notes sound fine.

[susnfx]

@Loren

@spittin_in_the_wind

Actually, I don’t consider football to be a violent sport. Physical, yes, violent, no. Violence means intentionally trying to injure another person; I consider most boxing to be violent.

Actually, having some background in Boxing, I’d have to disagree. Boxing may seem violent to outsiders, but in fact, one doesn’t go in with the idea of causing the opponent permanent damage, in fact those boxers who have been involved in situations where an opponent was seriously injured or killed, tend to be devastated. Boxing is a contest of skill and will, the idea being to stop your opponent before he/she can stop you, but believe it or not, it’s not about violence per se. I’d argue that football really IS the more violent sport, regardless of the rules. Ask any college or pro running back what goes on under the “pile-up”…

Loren

I don’t know…any “sport” where the idea is to render your opponent unconscious is pretty violent to me. I had a very good friend who was a Golden Gloves boxer at the Naval Academy. He’d won some matches and was working his way up to some championship. We went to one of his bouts and it was terribly disturbing to me–and not just because he lost. It was obviously entertaining to a lot of people, but to watch someone I cared about being beaten and bloodied until he didn’t know who or where he was (the match was finally called in some late round) turned me against boxing forever. I even had a hard time watching “Million Dollar Baby.”

Susan

[Martin_Milner]

@Loren

@spittin_in_the_wind

Actually, I don’t consider football to be a violent sport. Physical, yes, violent, no. Violence means intentionally trying to injure another person; I consider most boxing to be violent.

Actually, having some background in Boxing, I’d have to disagree. Boxing may seem violent to outsiders, but in fact, one doesn’t go in with the idea of causing the opponent permanent damage, in fact those boxers who have been involved in situations where an opponent was seriously injured or killed, tend to be devastated. Boxing is a contest of skill and will, the idea being to stop your opponent before he/she can stop you, but believe it or not, it’s not about violence per se. I’d argue that football really IS the more violent sport, regardless of the rules. Ask any college or pro running back what goes on under the “pile-up”…

Loren

I don’t get it Loren. How do you stop your opponent, except by causing so much physical damage to his/her body that s/he can’t fight back?

In fencing, for example, you score points by touching the opponent, but not by running them through. Is that how boxing is supposed to be scored?