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I was with you until the fight dirty part. Often but not always bullying is due to insecurity. While I will definitely recommend to my son to stick up for himse

by rapind 16y ago

I was with you until the fight dirty part. Often but not always bullying is due to insecurity. While I will definitely recommend to my son to stick up for himself and others he cares about (sorry but turn the other cheek is not my thing) I would never tell him to fight dirty. Win or lose, getting beat up is not the end of the world. Some people are tougher and that's just the way it is. Winning a fight against a bully is not nearly as important as showing the balls to fight even if you don't think you stand a chance. It won't always produce good results one-off, but overall it'll be worth it. As for some of these comments advising trickery like showing strength, staring, talking crap etc. Doesn't work. Once you've been in a few fights you understand this. A lot of it's on a subconscious level and your body language will make it obvious that you're trying to avoid a fight while pretending to act mean. People sense that and it's the absolute quickest way to lose a few teeth. So what if he's bigger and stronger? The quickest way to end a fight is to hit hard and fast with an utter lack of fear. If you really are at a huge disadvantage then yeah it won't go so well. But if that's the case you weren't going to scare him off with intellectual techniques either.

xentronium 16y ago
The quickest way to end a fight is to hit hard and fast with an utter lack of fear. You could still compensate your lesser size with a lead pipe or a stick.
Tichy 16y ago
For me the reason to not fight dirty is also that it gives the enemy the license to also fight dirty. When I was a kid, there was some unwritten honor code to not punch each other in the balls. Or maybe not honor, just fear of reciprocal actions. I think it made a lot of sense. It all depends on the context of course. If somebody would try to do me serious harm, of course I would kick his balls. If it is just about domination, might not be such a good idea. Even more so with scarier stuff (knives, hard objects) - this could become dangerous really fast.

by rapind 16y ago

xentronium 16y ago

The quickest way to end a fight is to hit hard and fast with an utter lack of fear. You could still compensate your lesser size with a lead pipe or a stick.

Tichy 16y ago

For me the reason to not fight dirty is also that it gives the enemy the license to also fight dirty. When I was a kid, there was some unwritten honor code to not punch each other in the balls. Or maybe not honor, just fear of reciprocal actions. I think it made a lot of sense. It all depends on the context of course. If somebody would try to do me serious harm, of course I would kick his balls. If it is just about domination, might not be such a good idea. Even more so with scarier stuff (knives, hard objects) - this could become dangerous really fast.