LDSGator

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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. 

Oh anytime bro. We are praying for you. 

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I do agree that self defense is not assault. 

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. 

Technically, I think we are talking about “battery”, not “assault”.

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? 

Muriel who bakes her own birthday cake likes her monthly check.

No.

Well, women have a thing for a man in a uniform . . . 

I think your missing the point of the jab. Nice or not, he's saying absolutely horrible things of those who like Trump here. Claiming they worship Trump instead of Christ? That a downright despicable accusation and an extremely underhanded attack. And yet, I agree with you. I don't think he despises anyone. Which is why I made the jab. Because it should be obvious to anyone not afflicted by derangement that those who like Trump here do not despise anyone either. 

I've expressed before that perhaps Trump is an anti-Christ, but I don't really believe it. I think he's a red herring for something else.
Then again, I also think the anti-vax movement is a secret combination plotting something, probably with the same big wigs behind vaccines for all I know, so I don't know if I can sensibly predict anything.
But I agree we will have a much bigger problems than Trump.

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. 

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. 

Dude, your daughter does that?!? LOVE IT 

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. 

Reminds me of a comment my daughter's MMA instructor made.  He observed that my kiddo was totally relaxed and smiling and friendly during the sparring, and said "these are the beasts you've gotta watch out for".  

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. 
 
 

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. 

BYU 91, Kansas 57
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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. 

Strictly hypothetical, of course.
A man and a woman, strangers to each other, are involved in a dispute (maybe road rage or parking anger). The woman is cursing at and berating the man, with the man trying to respond and perhaps yelling. The man turns to walk away, and the woman swings at him and hits him from behind on the side of the face. The man turns around and throws a straight right into her face, which does not knock her over (not a bonecrushing punch).
1. Justified? (Absolutely/Guess so/Can't tell/No way)
2. Ideal response? (Punch her/Stern lecture/Don't respond/Weep with sadness and plead for mercy)
After she gets hit, the woman turns away. At this, the man grabs her from behind and "suplexes" her onto her head. The whole hitting incident, from her initial punch to his suplex, takes maybe two seconds, with the grabbing/suplex essentially a continuation of the straight right.
3. Justified? (Yes/Depends on whether she's paralyzed/No way)
4. Which, if either, should face battery charges?
5. BONUS QUESTION: Reverse the sexes and answer the above questions again.