system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Pokemon] How is the Pokemon "sport" not considered cruelty toward animals like cockfighting or dogfighting?
gpt
Because Pokemon like to fight. Pokemon are mostly sapient sentient. They would tell us if they didn't want to fight. Some of them actually do and end up doing contest instead. Man and Pokemon have fought side by side for centuries, probably millennia. They're genuinely friends, and genuinely seek each other out. This is how they have fun together. Think of it more like boxing, with the human as a coach.