Help the Afflictioned: a rally to aid the plight of MMA fans in Ontario

I know going to a pro-MMA rally should not be complicated. Throw on ye old Affliction shirt, head down to Queen’s Park, meet up with the guys from the gym, discuss why the United Nations has been conspicuously silent about mixed martial arts not be sanctioned in Ontario, and eyeball the handful of women who might show up.

Fuckin’ right MMA should be legal. So should all consensual crimes (marijuana, prostitution…). My issue is that my fat ass did not make it to Queen’s Park for Darfur, Haiti or any of the other numerous causes that are infinitely more important.

I associate demonstrating at Queen’s Park with social strife and social/political/economic injustice. MMA not being legal in Ontario is to social injustice what McDonalds is to fine dining.

I’m not saying I’m not going, just that if I have time to go to this, I should probably be doing more social activism or community work or at least donating a few bucks to a good cause. If MMA is the cause du jour, I should be conscious that I’m doing better than 99% of the world and should at least consider giving a little something back where it would really make a difference.