I bet you heard about the Surge@MOS incident - some RJ and ACS guys battling it out (literally) for some girl who has an unusual name. The objective of the event was to create interest in boxing amongst youth and encourage them to engage in this healthy form of exercise =.=


Not to much surprise, this saga led to another one of considerable public uproar and dissatisfaction preponderantly from parents, educators and general public. Fighting. Violence. Degradation of moral values. Increase in teenagers-involved crime rates. Deemed uncivilised and childish. These are some possible problems that could arise if the boxing game is brought to a higher level of awareness and utility.


Now, that's the problem with many Singaporeans or people, in fact. Most of us constantly take sides without considering pros and cons of any situation. We often become overly judgemental and narrow-minded, eventually leading to a often, negative first conclusion of anything that has been traditionally deemed "not politically/ socially/ morally correct". Like in this case, most of us would think that "ai yo.. how can fight for some stupid shit? violence is detrimental to social standards and moral values.. tsk tsk" Of course, I'm speaking for myself as well because I'm raised in such a society where condemnation of "bad" activities is always a first take on such stuff. Failure to see the big and overall picture of the issue leads to unreliable and sometimes, wrong critics being made.


Who can we blame? Essentially, no one.



Because this practice has been put in place for numerous generations and passed down from parents, siblings and teachers that there is a whole list of categorised bad things you shouldn't do because you bring shame to everyone especially yourself should you get involved in it. So, to be calculative, you blame these people for inculcating such values in you or what? I dunno, it's your call. But I think there's really no justifications to play the blame game here because no one coerced you to think that way. That's where independent thinking and self-awareness comes to play. You make your own judgement, have your own perspective, regardless of how whoever, or whatever may respond to what you say.



Allow me to further illustrate the "why an instant condemnation of boxing" point. To use an example, if you see two men (A and B) fighting on the streets because B was betraying A (in anyhow, it's up to you haha) and A hits B so hardly that B bleeds. B retaliates with a solid punch on A's abdomen (but A shows no clear sign of bleeding). Naturally, we'll rush off to B and check if he's okie and stuff. Meanwhile, glaring at A with a disapproving sneer. Again, it's our well-developed EQ that took the better of us; losing control over emotions and make irrational or rash decisions such as to attend to A.


"But B is bleeding leh.. of cos his life is more important"


I completely agree with that but to give a charitable explanation, what if A was suffering from internal bleeding which is obviously more severe. HAHA. that's not the point, point is -

it is only humane to side the "victim" and disregard the "culprit". That is, the POV being established based on purely what we see within that frame of time.


Human's high EQ and lack of rationality in making quick decisions manifests itself in such incidents, just as the boxing thingy. We all know violence is a big no-no and no one should even talk about it, let alone encourage participation in it. As a result, our instantaneuous reaction would expectedly be "CANNOT!! CANNOT!!! CANNOT!!!!". We fail to treat it with an open-mind and disregard the possible benefits like encourage teenagers to engage in a fun and high-calorie-burning sport, more exposure to different varieties of sports, re-modelling the image of boxing (redefining the meaning of violence in boxing), etc. blah blah.



Whatever the case, I think it's most important to always have your own views and be able to make a stand without being biased or inequitable.

Personally, I think the disadvantages definitely outweigh the advantages because the benefits are generally more difficult to be achieved. How do you expect everyone to change mindsets overnight? Those resistant to changes are usually less-educated people mainly due to insecurity but then again, people as educated as me, also fail to see how the benefits can even bring more SMB than SMC. haha..



okie la i very lazy cont so tt's abt it. OH and did I mention they were fighting over some girl (how lame is that???? it's really really immature and so now the RJ and ACS guys treat the girl as some commodity and this again shows a lack of respect to women. lousy shit.)  ¶ 1:21 PM