In an inherently violent contest, how much protection should athletes be provided with?
Even more daunting, the violent contest for power and legitimacy between Taliban militants and Pakistan's government is in many ways a struggle over Pakistan's national identity — and, particularly, over whether the present government is righteously Islamic enough.
This is exactly how Videla wanted to be remembered — as a warrior in a violent political contest.
Saudi politics today are no longer a simple contest between violent Islamist extremists and the monarchy.
Bangladesh's fight against violent extremism, then, needs to be seen as a contest between a pluralist Islam and a rigid construction of the religion by extremists.
"There was a violent conflict between them.
A complicated issue becomes a contest between individuals.
It is a good contest between bat and ball".
It is a beauty contest between drowning men.
Why is a "sporting" contest between robots of no interest?
