Agree/Disagree/Qualify examples "McMurtry"

I agree with McMurtry's claim that society is sick, backed by football's evident violence. I have read several articles in TIME magazine that discuss the long term negative effects of the game on players and society's apparent willingness to ignore those consequences. 

I disagree with McMurtry's claim that society is sick, because although a violent subculture exists, there are many people that demonstrate a desire for peace and do not glorify violence, as shown simply by many bumper stickers. And while football may have roots in brutality, when the players kneel in respect to injury, it shows that there exists no complete obsession over it. 

I subscribe to the claim that McMurtry makes that society is sick, shown by massively televised and marketed bloodshed in movies, video games and sports such as wrestling but his use of football as evidence is invalid. While football may have roots in brutality, when the players kneel in respect to injury, it shows that there exists no complete obsession over it.

Even though McMurtry's assertion that football has an obsession with violence is valid, I disagree that society is sick. While a violent subculture exists, there is not an all consuming obsession and acceptance of it.