, roundscare, daugaardcare ,,, that’s where people start to lose me. There is a difference between those who are working to deal with the problems facing the uninsured and lumping them in with the backers of Obamacare. Call me naive but I believe Daugaard when he says he opposes Obamacare and I’ve resented those who say I support it just because I don’t support every bill that people dream up to stop it.

Regarding Democrats masquerading as Republicans: I was lost but now I’m found and I’m glad there are are former democrats in our party. I wish more would join and I wish everyone felt the way I do about all the various issues but I accept that we can agree on most things. The basic point I felt like conveying in this post was that I felt convicted to not rush to impugn the motives of people and connect dots that I was presently connecting.

Making something illegal will only open up the prospect for organized criminal activity to pick up and fill the hole. Underground fights will proliferate and deaths and horrific injuries will sky rocket. What did prohibition do for alcohol? It caused a huge increase in organized crime profits and caused incalculable deaths, injuries and property destruction. Making the sport safer is the answer NOT getting rid of the regulated, legal form of it. The sport is regulating itself and has demonstrated an increasing want and need to protect its athletes.

And here is a picture: https://twitter.com/QoSBaszler/status/307660295915057152

And here is a pic: https://twitter.com/QoSBaszler/status/307660295915057152

Pic: https://twitter.com/QoSBaszler/status/307660295915057152

as a state rep, you are a disgrace to SD and america.
as a pastor, you are a disgrace to christianity.

It strikes me there are so many riots at soccer games and videos of soccer hooligans meeting up to have large bare knuckle brawls, in comparison to MMA. Soccer hooliganism is common enough to the point of having its own wikipedia article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_hooliganism

Not to mention the fact that you can find videos such as these all around:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3TblfAATsQ

If you are against MMA because of the physical violent aspect of it, then I am sure that there were enough rebuttals in here concerning the safety and care these fights are under during this sport. If you are against MMA because of the psycological aspect of the violence in the sport I honestly feel it isn’t a problem. Blaming MMA for violence outside the cage is the same as blaming a spoon for making Rosie O’Donnell obese. If we are to ban MMA, then maybe we should ban soccer too…..along with spoons. At the end of the day, it is the individual person themselves that are the problem and not the object. Ever human is responsible for their own actions. If you have the time sir, I would be enthralled to recieve a reply from you. Looking forward to hearing from you.

It came as a big surprise to me this morning when I woke up to read on other MMA news sites that you have apparently published part of an email I had sent you. I don’t regret anything I’ve written, but I did find it odd that you took my email as a defense of MMA. As I wrote in the email, not only couldn’t I care less about how you feel about the sport, but also, I didn’t even write the article that you have attributed to me. I also found it pretty odd that you didn’t chose to publish that part, but I digress.

I’m not here to point out the factual inaccuracies in your posts about MMA. I’m not here to debate you. I’m also not here to encourage you to watch a sport you have no interest in. I’ve already seen dozens of people try to do all three of those things on the comments sections of your website, only to watch you essentially claim that knowing absolutely nothing about the sport helps you see it for what it really is (?). I may be a lowly writer for CagePotato, but even I have better things to do with my time than argue with a guy who genuinely seems to believe that his ignorance towards a topic makes him the only trustworthy source of information on it.

Rather, I am here to tell you that if you are serious about getting MMA banned, you may want to consider stepping down from your unofficial position as the anti-MMA community’s mouthpiece.

Up until now, the only reason that anyone has paid attention to your rant has been your comparison of the sport to child pornography. In your mind, you didn’t receive the reaction you wanted because other people were too shocked to focus on the point you were making. In reality, other people dismissed the comparison because, believe it or not, they can tell that you didn’t even have a point when you made it. You’ve flip-flopped on what the comparison is supposed to mean – a telling sign in itself that you made it without any real point in mind – going from ”MMA is the worst sport in terms of injuries and violence” (which it clearly is not, as anyone who knows who Lawrence Taylor and Joe Theismann are would know) to “Anyone who understands addiction knows that it starts off with MMA then progresses to murder!” (Because obviously, porn addiction starts with innocent stuff like child porn then works its way to buying a Girls Gone Wild DVD, right?).

Making such an over-the-top comparison does nothing but turn away people who may otherwise agree with you, and serves no purpose other than turning your own argument into a gigantic self-parody. Perhaps if you are serious about getting MMA banned, you should allow more rational people to lead the argument. Who knows, maybe a businessman who has actually researched whether or not MMA legalization affects the economy or a doctor who has researched the long term negative health effects of being an MMA fighter may be taken much more seriously than a pastor who tries to use scare tactics and shock value to make his case.

Sincerely Yours,

Seth Falvo

P.S. If you really want answers to the questions you have posed at Christian MMA fans and fighters, Fightlinker has already published a rebuttal, and I personally think it’s fantastic.

P.P.S. While I appreciate your offer of a free book, if you did as much research while writing it as you did while being South Dakota’s unofficial voice of the anti-MMA community, I must decline your offer. I have no use for a doorstop, paperweight, or firewood, and frankly, I bought more toilet paper today at Sam’s Club than I’ll ever go through.

Also, CagePotato already published their opinion as to where to “draw the line” with violence in society, but unsurprisingly, you once again failed to do even the most basic research.