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  1. lordnacho666 on

    I used to go to a boxing gym in a poor neighbourhood. The number of kids who benefit from it is enormous. The place was always full. Also the workout is insane, if you ever want to faint, come and do a few hundred crunches and let a teenage Olympic hopeful beat the crap out of you. The old guy who ran it was a fun character. IIRC an old postie who knew the entire neighbourhood.

    The roof was in need of repair and the showers hadn’t worked for years, but nothing was done. MPs of every party came round to get pictures taken, promising to help, and nothing. I even brought it to the attention of an MP and crickets.

    In terms of getting out that youthful energy, nothing compares. There’s just something about getting punched that shakes the character, literally. All in a couple of hours of non stop exercise.

    Seems to me the cheapest way to deal with the youth. Just pay a few old guys a minimal amount to get the kids to punch out the aggression, put a roof over them, give them something to look forward to.

  2. limeflavoured on

    There is any amount of evidence that this sort of thing works well. But there also seems to be an attitude among people that its pointless or it doesnt work or whatever. Which is another manifestation of the “the public is wrong about everything” headline from years ago, I guess.

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