Adam,
I'm in complete sympathy. In my day, whether you won or lost, merely
standing up and engaging in a fight earned you respect and, as often as
not, a friend. We didn't have to worry about guns, or even knives, for
that matter. You might get beat up, but not beaten to a pulp. We live in
a changed landscape. As a thought, were people happier a few decades
ago? Or was life just simpler? Or is it that people now tend to demand
respect, rather than trying to earn it? I wonder.
--John
Adam Phillip Churvis wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> An excellent point, sir, and one I didn't think about but should have.
> Though I think the chance of contracting a bloodborne disease that way is
> rather minimal.
>
> Even more: these days it seems that people don't want to stop when the other
> guy fails to get back up. In my day the other guy just stayed down and it
> was over. The winner didn't even brag afterward. And no matter who won,
> the situation usually righted itself afterward.
>
> I've been beaten only once in a fist fight. HUGE football player, and I
> challenged him for insulting me. He beat me, stopped as soon as it was
> apparent that I wasn't going to get up anymore, and that was that. He
> didn't brag, and he never disrespected me again. Everything worked out
> perfectly, the way it should have. I'd buy him a beer today if I saw him
> again.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Adam Phillip Churvis
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