Scenario A: You bloody my nose, I strike back and bloody nose. Outcome A: Both go to hospital for broken nose, maybe. We go on with our lives.
Scenario B: You bloody my nose, I sue your butt in court and we negotiate there. Outcome B: I go to hospital for broken nose, but Larry H. Parker will get me $2.1 million. ;) At 03:37 PM 11/2/2001 -0600, you wrote: > > You are talking about "known" adversaries, your scenario is > > flawed. I would > > kick your ass if you hit me. > >Nope... we are still talking about unknowns. You have no idea who or what I >am. You don't know what martial arts I have studied, or what weapons I >carry! But your comment that if I hit you, you would kick my ass is >interesting! Are you saying that that if someone bloodies YOUR nose, thats >it's alright for YOU to strike back? What about finding out why they hate >you? What about negotiations? Or are those just lofty ideals? You respond to >violence so fast! > > > > > > But if you put me in a room, blind folded me, brought in 1000 > > people of all > > ages, races, cultures and sexes and had one (1) of them hit me and then > > unblindfolded me, I would NOT kick all of their asses. I would look around > > and NOT put the blindfold back on. Though killing them ALL > > *might* eliminate > > the problem, assuming that one had not left the room. > >And what about all those people that saw you get hit, and neither helped >you, or stopped your assailant? Are these the innocents you worry about? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
