Fucking hell talk about throwing toys out of their pram – my dad’s gonna beat up your dad – Dereck Chisora and David Haye resort to violence to settle their differences! After a little banter they got right down comparing whose dick was the biggest. It appeared that Chisora came off a little worse – perhaps its why he used to beat up his girlfriend! In fact I know of many boxers / ex boxers who like their fists to do the talking especially to their so called beloved.
Chisora then shouting towards Haye, ” He glassed me. I swear to God, David, I am going to shoot you. I am going to shoot you. I am going to physically shoot David Haye. He glassed me. He glassed me. He glassed me. I’m not having it. He glassed me.” Now I’m not a mastermind of crime or anything but if you are going to shoot somebody don’t advertise the fact when all the world’s reporters are there, tends to fuck up you alibi.
It does lead to a broader philosophical nature, which I suppose is fundamental to the principles of Anarchy; I think it was Thomas Hobbes that expressed that all people are inherently bad that’s why there is the need for a state to control them. You can extend this logic to the voyeurism of violence – it needs to be controlled and licensed and this makes it acceptable and safe! The fact that so many people are into boxing and the abhorrent ultimate fighting – a hybrid of all fighting to satisfy an increasing bloodlust in a capitivated audience – can we actually ever get to a society where individuals don’t use physical power for personal gain. What is it in is us that lets us enjoy two people physically hurting each other – fight fight fight in the schoolyard to did you look at my girl, right outside now mentality.
Does violence breed violence, does legitimising a violence in the terms of sport give some legitimacy in violence. We ban animal fighting because they have no consent but if you use the logic that its a natural instinct, people want to fight and we apparently have reason. If money is the simple motive then it could be argued that capitalism has forced us to fight each other for the pleasure of the rich (have you seen the price of front row seats).
To sum it up, in an anarchic state would you want to live next door to Dereck Chisora.
Jason E Cooper 