@doubtingthomas Said 
I have been in a number of verbal confrontations in the past few months. Mostly with strangers on the street about random things. All of them could have ended quite plesantly with a fist fight.
I'm not talking about permanent damage to either combatant just enuff make sure that both people "left it in the street" so to speak. Its healthy and I think the world would be a better and a more honorable place.
What happened to fist fights? Where did they go? When did they turn into "O you punched me in the face, I'm going to sue you for assault!" Which is total chicken s***.
Do you think the world would be better with them ?
Have you gotten into one recently if so what was the outcome?
I'll tell you my quick story.
I parked my motorcycle in the same parking place as a POS VW bug. The guy could easily get out of the parking place with a little manuvering, it is a vw bug afterall. I was in the store for all of 5 mins and the guy was leaving the same time I was.
He says to me like a smart ass. "I'm glad you came out when you did, I don't know if I could gotten out without hitting your bike"
So I said to him. "well I'm leaving this very second so its better for both of us that I did".
The guy couldn't leave it alone, so while I'm putting on my helmet he gives me a lecture about how I feel I'm entitled to park there. Its a gd parking place for FFS, not your families honor!. He then puts his VW bug in neutral and rolls forward inches from my motorcycle, and says "See!" I said to him "lucky you hit the break you almost ended up with a broken nose"... more words where exchanged ... but nothing ever came to blows.
Don't you think if we had a honest to good ness fist fight right there on the street, both of our lifes would have more meaning? He would have gotten out all his anger about me infringing on his parking spot and I would have gotten break his nose.
No charges filled, both personal honors upheald... and maybe next time, i would think twice about sharing a parking place and this guy would think twice about mouthing off to someone much bigger than him shareing a parking place.
It all seems simple to me.
Yeah, a little casual violence never hurt anybody.
Fighting is a pathetic way of solving disputes. If you can't have a confrontation with someone without physically attacking them, there's something wrong with you.
I've been assaulted before for no reason whatsoever, and I'm just glad that I had the law on my side.
Jul 21, 2009 @ 19:34:27
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