ricksitterly
01-13-2003, 12:27 AM
"Most people, normal people, will do just about anything to avoid getting in a fight" ~ Fight Club
In regards to the whole cell phone situation from 'not as civil as you think you are' (and others like it), my take is that you're average non-martial artist (better yet, your every day macho a$$hole), does a lot of tough talking (this is related to that other thread but is addressing a different issue). How many times has a guy told another guy "I'm gonna take your head off!" or something to that effect, meanwhile, in reality he's not, in any way, a trained fighter... usually just a college kid who watches too much TV. Not that I don't enjoy the tough attitude of people these days, just that there isn't much to back it up. You see this "hard" image portrayed in our media of music, television, sports, etc, and as a result of this, you see it in our every day citizen. *(or perhaps it works the other way around, but that doesn't matter, I'm really don't care about that argument)* The point is, people are all talk and little action and when it comes right down to it, if the situation really does escalate into a fight, these people look like fools. I see it all the time, and it doesnt matter who the winner is because they basically look like two monkeys engaged in combat.
Also, I dont think a lot of these people really expect a fight to happen. They're just so used to talking sh!t, and showing someone "what's up", that they fake it to a point where the other guy is afraid of a physical confrontation, and therefore the other a*zhole walks away the "winner" (and looks cool in front of his friends). Of coarse, in the rare even that they messed with a real fighter, they would get their as$ handed to them in ten seconds. A good friend of mine who trains has been making people eat their words for a little while now. The last instance went as follows: He was following someone a bit too close, (since this guy was driving like an old lady), and this must have really bothered them, because when they finally caught a red light, the guy got out of his car and was yelling like a tough guy "so you think you're smart huh??". The guy was roughly 220 lbs and a good 40 pounds heavier than my friend. My friend got out and said something like "get back in your car you fat piece of *** or you'll be sorry." Long story short, he proceeded to beat this guy down and left him laying in the street next to his car and then got the hell out of there. This was a crowded intersection around 3pm. While my friend can be an real a$$ with the way he drives, the other guy is the one who decided to take this confrontation outside of the vehicle, and I feel he got what he deserved. As heroic as I thought it was, I've noticed that he's had about 4 fights like this in the last year. Which goes to show that for every person you teach a lesson, there's another 100 waiting in line to take their place. You can't change society by beating up one guy who's acting tough. So what's you're take on it guys and girls, is it worth it to teach these people a lesson?
In regards to the whole cell phone situation from 'not as civil as you think you are' (and others like it), my take is that you're average non-martial artist (better yet, your every day macho a$$hole), does a lot of tough talking (this is related to that other thread but is addressing a different issue). How many times has a guy told another guy "I'm gonna take your head off!" or something to that effect, meanwhile, in reality he's not, in any way, a trained fighter... usually just a college kid who watches too much TV. Not that I don't enjoy the tough attitude of people these days, just that there isn't much to back it up. You see this "hard" image portrayed in our media of music, television, sports, etc, and as a result of this, you see it in our every day citizen. *(or perhaps it works the other way around, but that doesn't matter, I'm really don't care about that argument)* The point is, people are all talk and little action and when it comes right down to it, if the situation really does escalate into a fight, these people look like fools. I see it all the time, and it doesnt matter who the winner is because they basically look like two monkeys engaged in combat.
Also, I dont think a lot of these people really expect a fight to happen. They're just so used to talking sh!t, and showing someone "what's up", that they fake it to a point where the other guy is afraid of a physical confrontation, and therefore the other a*zhole walks away the "winner" (and looks cool in front of his friends). Of coarse, in the rare even that they messed with a real fighter, they would get their as$ handed to them in ten seconds. A good friend of mine who trains has been making people eat their words for a little while now. The last instance went as follows: He was following someone a bit too close, (since this guy was driving like an old lady), and this must have really bothered them, because when they finally caught a red light, the guy got out of his car and was yelling like a tough guy "so you think you're smart huh??". The guy was roughly 220 lbs and a good 40 pounds heavier than my friend. My friend got out and said something like "get back in your car you fat piece of *** or you'll be sorry." Long story short, he proceeded to beat this guy down and left him laying in the street next to his car and then got the hell out of there. This was a crowded intersection around 3pm. While my friend can be an real a$$ with the way he drives, the other guy is the one who decided to take this confrontation outside of the vehicle, and I feel he got what he deserved. As heroic as I thought it was, I've noticed that he's had about 4 fights like this in the last year. Which goes to show that for every person you teach a lesson, there's another 100 waiting in line to take their place. You can't change society by beating up one guy who's acting tough. So what's you're take on it guys and girls, is it worth it to teach these people a lesson?