Talk:Who Killed Davey Moore?
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editIt wasn't me said the boxing writer pounding print on his old typewriter
I think the person who wrote about the autopsy and subsequent "irony" that "no one" mentioned killed Moore. Dylan's point is that the spectacle creates culpability. Money changed hands, people were put in harms way. The matadors kill the bulls but who put him there in the first place? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.80.60.230 (talk) 00:02, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
I agree. Whether you agree with Dylan or not, the song is clearly arguing that through their participation in the spectacle all the people mentioned share some of the responsibility for Moore's death. It's not like he's saying "Who killed Davey Moore? It was actually..... the boxing writer. Everyone else you're free to go". I suppose you could say that as it was a 'million to one' injury it did not reflect on the danger of the sport as a whole but this is a page about the song, not about the issue the song is trying to address. As such I've removed the section, but if whoever wrote it wants to argue it should stay in that's fine with me.--Bluebloodyhero (talk) 00:08, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
Actually I've read (and I have no sources for this, but perhaps someone does) that Dylan didn't really view it as an anti-boxing song. He was reading newspaper accounts and sculpted the song based on some reactions to the fight. Dylan himself was, to my understanding, a boxing fan, and attended Ali-Bonavena (almost) a decade later.-24.189.108.166 (talk) 02:00, 22 April 2012 (UTC)