K.Mooneyham wrote:jt88 wrote:bigity wrote:86% - and whole 'less of a man argument' is stupid. I'm not going to start a fight, and if someone starts a deadly confrontation to me, I'm under no obligation to fight fair.
Yep. Whether an attacker is unarmed or not, I do not consent, and will not be forced into participating in a fist fight. I'm not interested in proving how much of a man I am, and fist fights can turn deadly pretty quickly. I've heard of people dying from getting punched in the throat, temple, nose, or falling and hitting their head on a curb. If someone tries to engage me in a fight (which I wouldn't have started, and would have attempted to de-escalate), they're going to be meeting my little friend.
I whole-heartedly admit that I do not possess any MMA skills. Indeed, I don't go around starting problems with others, either. Like you, I will defend myself from unprovoked and unwarranted violent aggression. Fist fights are for drunks and kids.
Besides, fist fights hurt and I don't do pain well, unless it is self inflicted and then I think I just finally got use to it.