The "Fighting" Thread

[ImWithTeamConan]

So for the last two days me and some of my buddies have been hanging out at the campus lounge watching football matches (soccer to some of you). We have come across a group of individuals about the same size as us and for the last two days we've been cheering on opposite sides of the matches.

The first day it wasn't that big of a deal seeing as how I was the only fan of the game we were watching, and since we were getting creamed I didn't really say much.

Today was Manchester United and my friend is a HUGE United fan. The other group of friends was cheering for Munich, the team playing against United.

For the majority of the match the other group was talking major ****. Cursing loudly, cracking crude jokes. By the end of the match my friend was so worked up he started talking back to them. Things were escalating quite quickly but before anything happened the other group left.

I don't think anything might happen in the future, our school has a strict no fighting policy.

But it got me to thinking about fighting and self-defense, standing up for yourself. I have never been in a real fight (except for one time in high school while playing pickup basketball I was fouled pretty hard and retaliated, but it was a good friend of mine so things didn't really get too far) and I have so many thoughts running through my head about the subject...

Have any of you been in fights? Tell me your story.

Do you regret being in them?

What is everybody's thoughts on fighting? Is it a last resort deal or do you believe "violence is never the answer"?

 

[alfredomotenai]

i think taht you must know how to take a punch and retaliate....
study a form of self-defense, or a martial art.

 

[PemLam]

Violence should only be used as a last resort. In those cases where it's necessary (self-defense, defense of others), you should only use the amount of force needed to stop the person/people who started it from continuing.

*Yes, I've been in a few scuffles during my life and deal with countless others on the job.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

I fought a lot growing up. Wasn't much to do where I grew up. So lot's of **** talk and fighting I guess.

 

[The Guard]

Was in a couple of minor scuffles, and my friends and I fought for "fun" up until high school, sort of a "boys will be boys" thing.

My junior high school phys ed teacher would take us all up to the wrestling annex, turn off the lights, and let us all whale on each other instead of having gym class.

And I've been in some domestic incidents where I was attacked and had to defend myself, but never anything really serious. Other than that, I've never been in a fight, never needed to be.

 

[Kane52630]

I had my share of real fights but it never escalated to injuries though.

 

[Bruce Banner]

I've been in two of them, one in high school and one when I was an adult. I didn't like bullies, especially directed at me. It didn't solve anything honestly, no real injury either.

The other one was when I was provoked, I lost my **** and knocked out two of his teeth (my brother), he did hit my left eye enough times and it stayed blood red for over a month. When it ended we shook hands and asked "You done?"

Again, not a good answer at all. Especially when you have a presentation the next day...

 

[CapedCrusader14]

Never been in a fight myself and I'm glad about it. Maybe some verbal confrontations but that's it. Fighting or violence is a last desperate measure for me.

 

[TheOnlyOmega]

I was in a couple intense high school fights, none of that crap that gets broken up after 30 seconds, like legit broken noses and parking lot slams.

Whether or not to fight depends on the situation, if your opponent gives you no choice, well then, you know what to do.

 

[bullets]

I see fighting as a last resort. I've been in several fights but never want to be in one. I don't like hurting people.

I've wrestled friends but don't like that either because it can escalate easily.

 

[Lily Adler]

I could give the ole 'only as a last resort/self-defense speech', but I always found it as a great way to let out pent-up frustration and stress. Of course I did it in a bar off campus, but I would recommend taking a class in a martial art or boxing as a healthier alternative.

 

[knowsbleed]

I want to fight a girl someday. I'm sure it would be exhilarating.

 

[grout]

I see fighting as a last resort. I've been in several fights but never want to be in one. I don't like hurting people.

I've wrestled friends but don't like that either because it can escalate easily.

I agree with you 100%,, I do think you should know how to defend yourself... But I always feel guilty when someone like a bully gets knocked out, something about it always just feels bad..

Most guys that pick a physical fight are usually cowards that cant really back it up. I sometimes think its a insecurity thing so you feel bad for them.

 

[grout]

I want to fight a girl someday. I'm sure it would be exhilarating.

LOL, I would fight any guy in the world opposed to a girl.. They are harsh when fighting.. Pull hair, claw, bite.. At least a guy can just knock you out and get it over with.. Girls will make you suffer.

 

[grout]

I've been in two of them, one in high school and one when I was an adult. I didn't like bullies, especially directed at me. It didn't solve anything honestly, no real injury either.

The other one was when I was provoked, I lost my **** and knocked out two of his teeth (my brother), he did hit my left eye enough times and it stayed blood red for over a month. When it ended we shook hands and asked "You done?"

Again, not a good answer at all. Especially when you have a presentation the next day...

Hey at least you shook hands like men.. If its gotta happen thats a good way to end.

 

[charl_huntress]

lol...funny because I just "confessed" this to the Hype ealier. I had a fight with a girl over a traffic dispute and kicked her ass. This was when I was WAY younger and still in college, but to this day I feel bad that I didn't seek to resolve it another way. Unfortunately, the girl I fought was talking a lot of madness and calling me out my name. I told her not to call me that name again and she did, so I punched her so hard her neck snapped back. She was bleeding when I was done with her. The only other fight I had was when I was in the Navy, but I don't count that because everyone in the military needs to take something to the tree line every once in a while.

 

[ChickenScratch]

Oh I used to get into fights all the time. My family moved around a lot because of my father's job (I went to 4 high schools and lived in 8 countries by the time I started college). New kid always gets picked on, funny how they never assume the new kid knows karate.

 

[grout]

lol...funny because I just "confessed" this to the Hype ealier. I had a fight with a girl over a traffic dispute and kicked her ass. This was when I was WAY younger and still in college, but to this day I feel bad that I didn't seek to resolve it another way. Unfortunately, the girl I fought was talking a lot of madness and calling me out my name. I told her not to call me that name again and she did, so I punched her so hard her neck snapped back. She was bleeding when I was done with her. The only other fight I had was when I was in the Navy, but I don't count that because everyone in the military needs to take something to the tree line every once in a while.

Oh yeah,, Its a given in the military..

 

[grout]

Oh I used to get into fights all the time. My family moved around a lot because of my father's job (I went to 4 high schools and lived in 8 countries by the time I started college). New kid always gets picked on, funny how they never assume the new kid knows karate.

Geeze man, 8 countries? How did that happen... I figured the fighting was because of your taste in movies. lol

 

[ChickenScratch]

Geeze man, 8 countries? How did that happen... I figured the fighting was because of your taste in movies. lol

In my original post I said we moved because of my father's job.

 

[bullets]

I could give the ole 'only as a last resort/self-defense speech', but I always found it as a great way to let out pent-up frustration and stress. Of course I did it in a bar off campus, but I would recommend taking a class in a martial art or boxing as a healthier alternative.

I took kickboxing That was great for exercise and fun.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Recently my dad nearly gotten into a very drunk guy over the drunk's girlfriend. So bad that the cops had to come after we called when another dude began to argue with the drunk and were fighting on our steps, which led to my father about to fight the drunk.

But I had my shares with fights. Back in junior high, I was in tons of bully related fights and most of the time, I got my ass handled to me. So, when I started high school and the same stuff began to occur again, I decided to take another approach, play with their minds and make them shut up over something I noticed about how they were. It was awesome.

Once you play the mind games with someone, they just stop because they know that you know something they don't wanna know.

 

[Mandalore464]

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[alfredomotenai]

I don't start fights, i finish 'em.

 

[KevanG]

I havent been in a fight since grade nine, well over a decade ago. The only exception was when two guys tried to mug me. They didn't get anything. They only broke my glasses.