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Originally Posted by pamela
violence begets violence.....
It would appear Moontanman, that you became that which you were against. Beating up the bullies, made you the larger bully.
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Pamela
do you honestly believe that defending my self made me a bully? I never sought out anyone to intimidate, I simply didn't allow anyone the pleasure of intimidating me. I didn't always win (or even mostly win) but me being willing to fight if it was pushed on me took my off the list of people it was fun to bully. I was a little guy, no one would have taken me seriously as a bully.
As an adult most confrontations do indeed take on a more verbal aspect. Verbal is just that, say what you want let me say what i want, i am pretty good at verbal defense but I have never taken the idea of violence off the table if it is directed at me. If you are in the middle of a verbal tirade and you poke me or push me you will get poked or pushed back. It's just not in me to allow my self to be physically abused. If that make me a bad human then i am a bad human. In my adult life I have never had to hit anyone, I've come very close a few times but my need for self defense doesn't include striking first and a good verbal response has been sufficient so far in my adult life.
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