Last time you were in a physical fight?

curlzy · 08-03-2012 06:36PM

Haven't been in a fight since I was around 17.

I think it's funny that I always find the idea of fellas fighting quite sexy, however the last couple of times I saw an actual fight I ended up crying and shaking to such an extent my fella went over and broke them up, lucky he's 6'4" and built really. So yeah only recently realised that while imaginary violence turns me on, actual violence not so much. Anyone else get that? Or am I just an oddball?

MrStuffins · 08-03-2012 06:36PM

MungBean wrote: »

MrStuffins wrote: »

If you spoke to people in real life the way youve been speaking them in the thread then I bet you'd have plenty of on topic stories to tell!

According to the people here I'd die from the first punch it seems. If people cant talk to me using an ounce of cop on I wont be going out of my way to entertain their poorly constructed arguments.

Amazing to hear all these stories of fights and scraps and not one person here has killed anyone. Why its almost as if its not that likely to happen. But I'm sure you as everyone else has will take what I have said as a categorical denial that it can happen in any manner and launch into another "What if they fall over and hit their head" argument.

Round and round we go and when you run out of things to argue attack me personally. Great stuff.

Nobody attacked you personally, at least I didn't.

I'm just of the opinion that you're overly sensitive in defence of your opinion and needlessly agressive in your responses to people that's all.

In the first place, there is a severe case of Strawman here imo. When people said "with one punch" I seriously doubt they mean that only the force of the punch is what would kill the person. I think they are taking into account all of the variables present in such a scenario.

Whole still possible, killing someone simply by striking them is very unlikely. However, add in the relevant variables and it becomes way more likely

MungBean · 08-03-2012 07:10PM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Nobody attacked you personally, at least I didn't.

I'm just of the opinion that you're overly sensitive in defence of your opinion and needlessly agressive in your responses to people that's all.

I'm coming across as a bit aggressive because I'm getting very frustrated dealing with the same point over and over again mostly thrown at me in response to a point I never made. I never said its not possible nor did I say it couldn't lead to someone getting killed.

Your post was a bit personal disregarding all that I have said and implying if I spoke to people in real life the way I am speaking to people here I'd get attacked. Its a round about way of calling me an asshole or something.

In the first place, there is a severe case of Strawman here imo. When people said "with one punch" I seriously doubt they mean that only the force of the punch is what would kill the person. I think they are taking into account all of the variables present in such a scenario.

Its not a straw man on my part. Whether your talking about the punch killing someone or the punch leading to a death it is still very unlikely to happen. How many fights take place in each town in each county in Ireland on a weekly basis ? I dont have any statistics but going by what I see here in the local pubs and in the larger towns its a very very big number. Its rare that someone dies from a straightforward fight. Even those who get the living lord beaten out of them more often than not survive.

The chances of dying due to one or a couple punches to the face are extremely low. As I said before it may happen but the odds are such that it cant realistically be factored in to decision making. Your far more likely to die in a road accident yet you dont think about than when going to the shop or refuse to get in a car because you may die.

I have not once said in this thread its not possible which is what everyone else seems to be responding to. Its everyone else who are arguing the straw man. So excuse me if I get a little frustrated dealing with it over and over.

BunShopVoyeur · 08-03-2012 07:40PM

MungBean wrote: »

BunShopVoyeur wrote: »

And if the guy falls and cracks his head on the ground?

He may get brain damage and forget how to read a thread. You havent had a fall recently have ya ? That question/point has been answered about 10 times in this thread. Why do people keep fcukin repeating it ?

Whatever man you're talking ****.

Doc · 09-03-2012 06:05AM

Greentopia wrote: »

... Play fighting (I assume you mean?) with your siblings is not the same as physical violence though. And of course I don't include people who are bullied and wish to stand up for themselves in my disapproval of fighting, that's completely understandable, though I think fighting back physically only escalates a situation and makes it worse.

I don't think being told to 'stand up for yourself' by decking the other kid first or hitting back if he hits you is good advice by any parent. That only gives the child the message that violence is the way to solve a problem. Going to a parent or teacher to get it sorted out is the best thing to do if you're a child being bullied.

Not play fighting physical violence between siblings. Sure a lot of the time it might start off with play fighting (with my brothers it was mostly pretending to be WWF wrestlers) but if one of you hit the other one too hard a full on fight could easily brake out. I once split my older brothers head open by throwing an old metal tester pot of paint at him that hit his head; he had to go get stitches. I’d say if you ask most people with siblings around the same age as them they will have similar stories from there youth.

I do think being told to stand up for yourself is good parnting advise. If you go running to your parents or teachers every time anything happens to you all you will learn is that other people should sort out all your problems for you. I dont mean that you have to get physical with anyone but being told to stand up for yourself is definatly a good thing.

Last time you were in a physical fight?

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