VIOLENCE IN SPORT
THE SPORT IS KNOWN FOR GIVING US FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT BUT IN THE WORLD WE LIVE SPORT IS VERY CONNECTED WITH THE THEME OF VIOLENCE. WHY? WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT OUR SOCIETY VALUES SUCH AS TOLERANCE, RESPECT AND ACCEPT ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OTHERS ARE NOT PRACTICED BY THE PEOPLE AROUND US AND IN MOST CASES BY PEOPLE WHO LIKE SPORTS KNOWN AS FANS.
FANATICISM IS THE MOST COMMON ACTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO SPORT AND EVEN MORE IF WE TALK ABOUT FOOTBALL WHICH IS THE SPORT WITH MOST FANS IN THE WORLD AND FOR THAT REASON THE MOST VIOLENT SPORT. BELIEF IS TO FANATICISM OR INVOLVING BEHAVIOR UNCRITICAL ZEAL, PARTICULARLY FOR AN EXTREME RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL CAUSES OR IN SOME CASES SPORTS, OR WITH AN OBSESSIVE ENTHUSIASM FOR A PASTIME OR HOBBY. THE BEHAVIOR OF A FAN WITH OVERWHELMING ENTHUSIASM FOR A SUBJECT IS GIVEN DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE BEHAVIOR OF A FANATIC BY FANATIC'S VIOLATION OF THE PREVAILING SOCIAL NORMS. THOUGH THE FAN'S BEHAVIOR MAY BE JUDGED AS ODD OR ECCENTRIC, IT DOES NOT VIOLATE SUCH NORMS
AS AN EXAMPLE IN OUR COUNTRY WE VERY FANS OF SOCCER AND OFTEN FOUGHT BY THE TEAMS ARE NOT EVEN OUR COUNTRY TEAMS SUCH AS BARCELONA, REAL MADRID, MANCHESTER UNITED ETC. BUT IT IS COMMON TO SEE PEOPLE ARGUING AND SOMETIMES FIGHTING TO DEFEND ONE OF THESE TEAMS.
TALKING ABOUT TEAMS IN OUR COUNTRY WE KNOW THAT TEAMS SUCH AS FAS, AGUILA, PARTNERSHIP OR FIRPO, ARE TEAMS THAT HAVE THEIR SPECIFIC GROUP OF FANS KNOWN AND THAT THESE GROUPS WHEN THEIR TEAM LOSES REGULARLY SEEK VIOLENCE AGAINST ITS RIVAL.
MANY PEOPLE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO PUBLISHING IN THE SOCIAL NETWORKS THEIR OPINIONS IN A VIOLENT AND OFTEN BELIEVE THAT ONLY THEIR WAY OF THINKING IS CORRECT AND WILL NOT ACCEPT AN OPPOSING VIEW. I THINK THE SAME THING HAPPENS IN SPORT.
I THINK THAT TOLERANCE IS THE KEY, NOT JUST IN SPORTS BUT ALSO IN OUR SOCIETY TO LEARN TO ACCEPT WHEN WE WIN OR LOSE.
