LDSGator

May I steal this? Seriously-I think it’s great to tell the students at TKD this.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1MaF8HNjzy/?mibextid=wwXIfr here’s another highly skilled guy who chooses not to engage with others. It’s validating to me that he shares my opinion, he even brings up permanently injuring someone. Not worth it.

Thanks @zil2!

https://torontosun.com/news/world/woman-body-slammed-in-road-rage-incident-says-she-learned-her-lesson Is this what brought the thread up? She sounds lovely. I’m glad it didn’t escalate further, and I feel sorry for her man and children. Nasty piece of work.

I do agree that self defense is not assault.

Isn’t that we are doing here?

Lol. I’m no white knight, but I do cringe a bit at the thought of assaulting a woman, even in the “best” circumstances. Yes, it’s different with cops, and if she pulls a knife on me of course I’ll defend myself. But it’s not something particularly pleasant. I’d feel the same way if a male senior citizen tried to mug me. Isn’t that at least partially why most of us here, including myself, are very uncomfortable with the idea of transgender men fighting women or competing in sports against them?

I like The Muppets too, but they aren’t that popular, sadly. If they were, ratings and attendance at their show would be booming.

Not gonna lie @Backroads, it’s great to see you posting here again

Agree. Let’s see where it goes.

Interesting points on the anti-vaxx crowd. It’s a cliche to say this or that politician is the anti-christ. We’ve all heard it 35,000 times before.

JJ is too nice of a guy. I don’t think he despises anyone. If he did despise everyone who voted for Trump one wonders what he’s doing here.

If Trump is the anti-Christ, then all of us worrying about the power of the adversary should relax. He’s way too silly to be the anti Christ. Nothing will convince you otherwise if you are really determined to believe this, but take my word on this-the real anti christ will be far more powerful and intimidating than Donald Trump. No, I’m not a fan of his either. But I’m not delusional.

Dude, I’m willing to bet that the majority of men in all generations still feel that way.

Dude, your daughter does that?!? LOVE IT

Complete domination.

Third Dan in TKD here. Some boxing experience too. All amateur and I’m nothing to write home about in either sport. As a general rule, the more experience you have on the mats/in the ring, the less you go around looking for reasons to fight outside of the ring. Again it’s all a generality, but 90% of men grossly overestimate their ability in hand to hand combat. I’ve heard the “I just go red and black out bro!” saying so many times that it’s no longer funny. Just tiresome.

1. Probably justified, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. If someone turns the corner and only sees you slugging her, it’ll give them the wrong impression. 2. walk away. Not worth your time. Do you want to deal with being arrested, charged, maybe going viral, attacked by an angry mob, sued…. 3. Probably not. If you paralyze her do you want that on your conscience? You might not care at the moment but you will in ten years. 4. Probably the girl for starting it. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be the bigger person by just walking away. 5. If you absolutely have to defend yourself, you already made one mistake. How do you know the guy isn’t armed and might blow you away? Relax.

You are an OG bro. I say that with the greatest respect, not busting chops.

Our leaders seem to understand nuance far better than we do.

And no matter what platform you use, people will whine and complain. It’s a lousy fact, but haters gonna hate.

I wish you the best of luck with whatever you do bro.

I understand that. While I don’t spend my life in a state of hostility, sometimes I can’t motivate myself to work out or spar if I’m feeling friendly and good natured. You’d be surprised how many guys who work out do the same thing.

Blogs are dated, I speak from experience. I had one forever that went nowhere due to my lack of talent. Hopefully you’ll do better than I did. http://punkmormon.blogspot.com/?m=1 Not updated since 2021.

Trump derangement syndrome absolutely exists. But if you think republicans don’t suffer from derangement syndromes, go into a conservative chatroom and tell them you like Disney, the NFL or Taylor Swift. You’ll see very quickly that all sides have derangement syndromes. I generally agree, with a caveat. If we’re debating and you say, “ btw Tim, your wife is ugly and you are stupid.” You’ve lost and I have a right to get angry. Also, some people use anger to motivate themselves. I know I do when I’m working out, doing TKD, etc. So I’ve learned to channel it into a positive.