Quote: (08-21-2015 06:54 PM)Samseau Wrote:
Dude kicked the shit out of someone and the state isn't allowed to get involved? Don't know what kind of a world you want to live in, but I prefer one without assault and battery being legal, thanks.
I prefer to handle my own business.
State involvement in private affairs is a slippery slope.
The government is just *aching* to be more and more up everybody's cornhole.
That's how it feeds itself.
And I get the point that without government intervening things might degenerate into some kind of tribal anarchy.
I honestly don't know what the answer is en masse.
But my view on this comes from spending a lot of time around professional fighters:
Don't fuck with people for no reason or you will get your ass handed back to you two-fold.
I don't know if this guy deserved to get his butt kicked or not but if some dude whooped my ass for no good reason, I wouldn't want the law involved.
I would either step to the guy myself or with my friends, or protect myself better in the future by carrying a weapon.
If people KNEW that other people are armed and aren't going to take shit or take a slip on the wrist like a court would give, they'd think twice about starting shit.
Just look at the prank in the hood youtube videos.
Dudes in the hood aren't looking for trouble but they're always ready for it.
These guys always take matters into their own hands swiftly and brutally, and for that I really respect them.
They're more alive and vital and honest than the average beta schlub.
The average suburban male doesn't have the balls to pop a guy even when he is in his face, clearly disrespecting him with no provocation.
Those are the kinds of guys who always want government to step in on their behalf.
They're incentivized to take a victim mentality because they're 'weaker' or 'downtrodden'.
They're disincentivized from fighting back when somebody harasses them.
They're incentivized to support a police state.
They're disincentivized for taking responsibility for their own protection.
Just like the rape culture nonsense where women put themselves in dangerous situations and then want to be treated like a protected species by the state.
We can't whine about becoming a culture of wussies and expect the state to fight our battles for us simultaneously.