What a great song, eh?
Something that's not discussed much in the forums -- Violence!
Tell us all some good fight stories! I figure there probably won't be too many chess playing brawlers out there but I'm sure a lot of you have some good stories. Ever have to heroicly come to the honour of a girlfriend? Ever start a fight?! Ever find yourself caught in one? Let's hear about it!
Me, I'm a lover not a fighter. Never been in one. So I don't really have any story worth telling.
Ok, go!
My best friend was almost raped by a kid in our neigborhood.
Me and a couple of my buddies went to his house.
He answered the door, I grabbed him by the shirt and dragged him outside.
I beat the living crap out of him, while my buddies watched for the cops.
The kid's dad came out and my buddies went to beat him up, but never did.
Instead they explained why him and I were fighting, while we were still fighting mind you.
His dad stopped me, turned to his son, and layed him out.
Turns out it was his second sexual offense. No charges brought against me.
Kid spent 2 nights in the hospital from the damage I caused from bouncing his head off the pavement.
Originally posted by darvlayI'm a total pacifist when it matters, but some friends and I started a group a la Fight Club in the parking lot of a cinema in one of the less sketchy bits of Biddeford, Maine.
What a great song, eh?
Something that's not discussed much in the forums -- Violence!
Tell us all some good fight stories! I figure there probably won't be too many chess playing brawlers out there but I'm sure a lot of you have some good stories. Ever have to heroicly come to the honour of a girlfriend? Ever start a fight?! Ever find yourself c ...[text shortened]... ot a fighter. Never been in one. So I don't really have any story worth telling.
Ok, go!
I actually enjoy a fight for the exhaustion it provides, but I'd never get in a real one (some of ours got pretty intense, but there was always the option of saying 'stop'.).
There's an old trick to untrained street fighting. If you are in the right your chances of defeating your opponent improve significantly. I've clenched my fists twice with the intention of using them against somebody else's head. Lost the first fight way back when I was 12, got a bloody mouth, I was in the wrong. In the second fight about a decade later I knocked my buddy out in a pitch dark blind and very sudden brawl. I was in the right. We're still friends.
I loathe physical fights, and generally go to great lengths to avoid such circumstances.
Originally posted by wolfbynyteAs noble as you intentions were, I can't agree that you were right to do it. Vigilante justice always seems just at the time but runs the risk of producing the wrong effect either long or short term. In this case I'll beleive that you had 100% proof that your friend was nearly raped by this guy. But what if she wasn't? What if it was someone who in the panic she mistook for this guy? What if she'd been rejected by this guy and, knowing his reputation/previous offence, thought she could get revenge by accusing him? If he was guilty, how do you know what the effect of your beating was? Maybe it has made him affraid to do it again, but maybe it has made him more withdrawn from society and therefore less likely to form normal relationships and more likely to attack people in the future. I know it felt right and probably felt good, but I can't agree that it was.
My best friend was almost raped by a kid in our neigborhood.
Me and a couple of my buddies went to his house.
He answered the door, I grabbed him by the shirt and dragged him outside.
I beat the living crap out of him, while my buddies watched for the cops.
The kid's dad came out and my buddies went to beat him up, but never did.
Instead they explai ...[text shortened]... spent 2 nights in the hospital from the damage I caused from bouncing his head off the pavement.
I have only been in one fight. It happened in Madrid and was started by a guy who was friends with my Spanish girlfriend of the time. To cut a story short, I don't speak Spanish, my girlfirend was wearing a fairly skimpy dress, three guys walked past and propositioned her as a prostitute, I continued walking just ignoring whatever it was that they said and then suddenly this guy turns around and leaps in punching people. Well, suffice to say, he was outnumbered three to one and he's not the biggest guy around, so I had to jump in and help pull him out. I am not only a pacifist, I am also a wimp. I have to say in retrospect I got off pretty lightly, just a few small bruises, but the other guy had an earing pulled through his lobe, a black eye and several other minor injuries. The lasting impression I have about it is shaking from the adrenalin rush for hours afterwards, it scared the hell out of me because for that period of time I was so blinded by the intoxication of rage and fear that I lost control and I hate losing control. I never want to be in another fight in my life.
Originally posted by belgianfreakI was at the party when she ran out of the room. We spent about an hour trying to figure out why she was crying. I was only 16 and you really don't think about the big picture. Looking back years ago, I would have handled it much differently. But it happened, I can't change that.
As noble as you intentions were, I can't agree that you were right to do it. Vigilante justice always seems just at the time but runs the risk of producing the wrong effect either long or short term. In this case I'll beleive that you had 100% proof that your friend was nearly raped by this guy. But what if she wasn't? What if it was someone who in t ...[text shortened]... in the future. I know it felt right and probably felt good, but I can't agree that it was.
