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fugetsu · 01-02-2005, 10:38 PM

I remember something that Chalambok said before, "There's no such thing as an easy fight." You go through your 6 weeks of training camp before the fight, go to bed the night before, flip and flop getting no sleep, wake up and go to the stadium, dress down, warm up, walk from the dressing room to the ring, and get in, all the way trying not to throw up. Now, there's nothing easy about getting to this point. Even if you KO the guy in the first 30 seconds with your first right-cross, compared to an all-and-all out brawl, trading punches, kicks, knees, and elbows until the final bell, barely sqeeking out a split decision, the 30-second win is not easy. Nothing is easy. So, for a Thaiboxer, everything is tough: the training, the fighting, the injuries, and the healing. So, as a Thaiboxer, there is no justification for suicide. Even if you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, jumping off a bridge to avoid withering away on your death cannot be justified. It would be your job to show everyone how to die with dignity, like a warrior. Again, for the warrior, no easy outs.
my two baht
Fugetsu

01-02-2005, 10:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
fugetsu Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 112 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	no such thing as an easy fight I remember something that Chalambok said before, "There's no such thing as an easy fight." You go through your 6 weeks of training camp before the fight, go to bed the night before, flip and flop getting no sleep, wake up and go to the stadium, dress down, warm up, walk from the dressing room to the ring, and get in, all the way trying not to throw up. Now, there's nothing easy about getting to this point. Even if you KO the guy in the first 30 seconds with your first right-cross, compared to an all-and-all out brawl, trading punches, kicks, knees, and elbows until the final bell, barely sqeeking out a split decision, the 30-second win is not easy. Nothing is easy. So, for a Thaiboxer, everything is tough: the training, the fighting, the injuries, and the healing. So, as a Thaiboxer, there is no justification for suicide. Even if you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, jumping off a bridge to avoid withering away on your death cannot be justified. It would be your job to show everyone how to die with dignity, like a warrior. Again, for the warrior, no easy outs. my two baht Fugetsu