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Compared to the alternative, where people promote actual war to satisfy their violent instincts, football injuries are pretty tame.

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I think its a false dichotomy to say our choices are between football and war. Soccer fans seem to get just as crazy without their players getting brain damage.

edit: More crazy.

I think you haven't looked at all into brain injuries from soccer:

https://www.google.com/#q=soccer+brain+damage

Soccer fans get brain damage from mob movement and hooliganism tho.

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