Adam,
I've followed this with interest. Given what I learned in the
schoolyard, dealing with bullies, I would be inclined to agree with much
of what you say. However, our circumstances are very different these
days, and one would be smart to be aware of it.
Fistfights have an added level of danger that didn't exist 20 years ago.
When you split someone's lip, if you also knick your knuckle on his
tooth at the same time, you stand the chance of exchanging bodily fluids
(blood) with someone you don't know. Do you really want to risk catching
a fatal disease in momentary defense of honor?
Just a thought.
--John
Adam Phillip Churvis wrote:
>
> > If you ignore it, then maybe the other person will just get bored and get
> on
> > with their life.
>
> Oh Sweet Holy Jesus! Where did you say you lived? I gotta see this place!
>
> > Do you have to thump/shoot someone to 'prove yourself a
> > man'? I was always brought up to believe that you were more of a man if
> you
> > could walk away from a fight. What's the point of all the aggression,
> > where does it get you? Shot? Beaten beyond recognition... DEAD?
>
> There are things much, much worst than death, my friend. Or don't they
> teach that where you live? If you haven't had the benefit of such an
> education, then here's the cheat sheet:
>
> 1) cowardice, and
> 2) dishonor, which typically follows on cowardice's coattails.
>
> > It appears that tempers seem to be simmering wherever you turn nowadays...
> > And you'll get punched, or shot, for just looking the wrong way at the
> wrong
> > moment.
> >
> > Buying a gun 'because everyone else has one' is bringing yourself down to
> > that level.
>
> Who the hell does that? I've never heard of such a preposterous thing in my
> life! You buy a gun for self defense, regardless of anything else.
>
> > Retaliating with fists is just the same.
>
> No, it isn't. Guns are infinitely less violent than fists. Someone tries
> to start something, they see your holstered gun, they most often back off
> without anyone getting so much as a scratch. They don't see a gun, you're a
> target. Doesn't always work, but it works often enough.
>
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