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Post by
Thror
Dude Donman.
This is
Warwick
from League of Legends.
As a LoL player, I find your Facebook statuses extremely trippy lol.
Post by
donnymurph
Heh... I bet you do. No more Warwick until after the New Year though, if at all.
Post by
Thror
It looked awesome and all.
Do you know
this song
? :D You used the phrase in your last facebook status.
Post by
donnymurph
Nope, but that saying is quite a common one.
Post by
919910
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Post by
OverZealous
You sure picked a suitable name if that's the case.
Either way, welcome to Wowhead!
=)
Post by
Interest
hellloooooooooo!
this will be my epic first post!
just started playing WoW
Welcome.
Post by
Rankkor
I'd rather be injured in the short-term than #$%^ed in the long-term.
well, tell ya what, next time someone slugs you in the face, tell them to stop, and then come back here and tell us how that worked out.
Because for me, last time I tried it I ended with a black eye and a broken rib.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
I hate to say it, but I do agree those women kind of got what they asked for. Yes, he should have stopped when they were on the ground, but I'm not too upset that the grand jury didn't indict.
I've had some of first hand experience with people who felt it was their right to scream, curse, vandalize and get violent with people to get their way, or when they were upset. It's the kind of mindset that flourishes when people around them don't stop them, when they learn that the law will only take limited steps to punish them, and when they think that people will be too cowed by them to not give them what they want, or to fight back. They love to act that way towards customer service, wait staff and retail employees especially, since those people are usually making peace because they're trying to keep their jobs. From my experience, the more you try to mollify or pacify people when they're acting like this, the more justified they feel in how they're acting and the more confident they feel that no one is going to do anything to them as a result of how they're acting. They're bullies and parasites, and it's disgusting.
If someone is the kind of person who will slap you, and jump over a counter to get at you because you thought a bill they passed you was fake, then A) It probably was fake, and B) if they feel like you won't fight back, they'll keep pushing because they're someone who will take as much advantage of the situation as possible. If someone physically attacks you for little or no reason, I think the best recourse for everyone is to fight back hard enough that they'll think twice before taking a swing at someone else. If these people already are the type of people who have no regard for the rights of others, and are willing to physically harm someone to get their way, then the only thing that will make them think twice is their own interests and safety.
Post by
Rankkor
I hate to say it, but I do agree those women kind of got what they asked for. Yes, he should have stopped when they were on the ground, but I'm not too upset that the grand jury didn't indict.
I've had some of first hand experience with people who felt it was their right to scream, curse, vandalize and get violent with people to get their way, or when they were upset. It's the kind of mindset that flourishes when people around them don't stop them, when they learn that the law will only take limited steps to punish them, and when they think that people will be too cowed by them to not give them what they want, or to fight back. From my experience, the more you try to mollify or pacify people when they're acting like this, the more justified they feel in how they're acting and the more confident they feel that no one is going to do anything to them as a result of how they're acting. They're bullies and parasites, and it's disgusting.
If someone is the kind of person who will slap you, and jump over a counter to get at you because you thought a bill they passed you was fake, then A) It probably was fake, and B) if they feel like you won't fight back, they'll keep pushing because they're someone who will take as much advantage of the situation as possible. If someone physically attacks you for little or no reason, I think the best recourse for everyone is to fight back hard enough that they'll think twice before taking a swing at someone else.
brilliant =D just brilliant.
I learned the hard way a long time ago, that there is no reasoning with bullies. True enough that the cashier should had stopped when the 2 women ceased to be a threat, but his initial stance to fight back was 100% justified.
Deterrence is by far one of the best problem-solvers there is.......... Back in high-school this bully used to push me around, beat me up, and take my money, and if I tell the teachers, it was my word over his, (him being the vice-principal son would mean his word was worth more than mine).
one day I took one push too many, and when he demanded me to give him my money, I did......... by trowing the bills at his face. As he bended over to pick them up BLAM delievered a kick to his nose, broke it, made him bleed, sure it got me a suspension, but for the rest of my other 4 years in that school, that bastard never EVER dared to push me again.
Deterrence.......... if a bully believes you are enough of a threat, he'll back off, parasites like those only prey on the weak, show that you're not weak and voila, they back off.
Maybe you (sinespe) haven't had enough experience with bullies or violent people (if that's the case, I gotta say you are one very lucky man, and I pray you never have to deal with people like that) but for those who HAVE faced violence before, know better.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
One way to cure a bully.
Post by
Interest
One way to cure a bully.
Wow lawl. Sure showed him.
Post by
91278
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Post by
Rankkor
I don't get into fights. I'm more intelligent than that. I can avoid any confrontation I choose.
no smart person "gets into a fight", more often than not fights get to you.
If I can choose to avoid a confrontation, I will, but if the other person wont leave me any choise, I'll fight back.
here's a situation were you pretty much HAVE to fight:
you got a sister? a mother? a female cousin? what happens if the 2 of you are walking down the street and a bunch of punks jump at you wanting to rape that sister/cousin/friend/girlfriend/mother with you? will you politely ask them to stop? stand there and do nothing? or fight back?
As I said, if I'm ever in that situation, I'll ask myself where my life went so horribly wrong that I allowed such a situation to occur.
funny, I've been in that situation plenty of times, despite the fact that I dont have any vices, I don't drink in bars, only on my grandma's house and only with my cousins (me and my cousins are very VERY close friends, we're all almost like siblings since we lived on the same roof for 10 years) and only on special occasions, I'm a devoted christian, go to church every sunday, I even evangelize once a year (I'm not very good at speaking in public, but every august of every year missionaries from ohio come to Maracaibo to preach, and I serve as a translator to them, and we go to places like the Prison of Sabaneta, or the University of Zulia to evangelize)
but I live in a region that is full to the brim with violence, and no matter how much you want to avoid it, there WILL be times where that just wont be an option.
so, you see, its not so much that "you allowed such as situation to occur" in the first place, its about that situation occurring whether you like it or not. That's how the world is. If that's not how it is where you live, then I repeat my statement that you must live in a rather nice place.
not everyone else does however........
Post by
Rankkor
I do not work in an environment that begets violent conduct; nor will I ever.
this is another funny line.
Not everyone has that choice to make. If you got a nice education, which affords you the opportunity to work in a safer nicer enviroment, good for you, but not everyone is as lucky and as blessed as you are. Some are hitting rock bottom and have no option but to work at dinners, fast-food restaurants, shops, and just about every place where you have to deal with clients.
Clients are perhaps the most rude, immature, violent bunch of animals I'll ever see. I worked at a bakery for a few months, know why I quit? people were always complaining, one even spat at my face, at that point I told him to leave, and since he left, the situation didn't escalated further, but at the bank where I work, there comes this dude, all angry-like because a co-worker friend of mine (who is a teller...... is that the right word? for the person that deals with the clients for deposits and transactions?) refused to accept him a bill of 100.000 bolivares that was ripped in half, and glued back together with duct-tape.
Well, the dude start shouting, calling her all the derogative slurs that are associated with prostitution you can imagine, and what did my friend did? she told him "sir, calm down, or the guards will escort you out"
why did the dude calmed down? was he afraid of my friend? nope, he calmed the hell down when 3 security guards with shotguns standed next to him looking mean.
if you are lucky enough to work at a place that secludes you from nasty folk, that's great, but not everyone is as lucky as you are, some HAVE to work in places like that, and for those people, talking aint always the answer.
Post by
91278
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Post by
Rankkor
will you politely ask them to stop? stand there and do nothing? or fight back?
Again. Call for help. Seriously -- I appreciate that you're from a different part of the world, but you keep insisting that these situations are Many vs 1, with no recourse to ask for help. At every turn, you reject the possibility of calling for help.
ask for help and everyone will just say "this aint my business, I'll just walk away" like what happened with that toddler in china who was ran over.
Over here, if a woman is being raped, and someone hears her cries for help, at best they'll call the police, who will arrive 10 to 15 minutes later (and that's being optimistic) long after the deed has been done.
Also.........
Call for help
what would you think the "help" will do? lets supose you live in a place where everyone is emphatic, and look out for each other, and protect each other, so you and a female friend are walking down the street some punks ambush you, and try to rape her, you call for help, and 10 people come to help, what exactly do you think these 10 people will do? talk to the rapists into walking away? or beat the living sh1t out of them to learn that raping is bad?
if the end-result is the same, then why not fight your own battles?
matter-of-fact is: people are selfish by nature, its not uncommon in A LOT of places that people are getting mugged, shot, raped, or stabbed, and others who happen to be nearby will either run away, or keep walking while chanting "this isn't my business".
learn to fight your own battles, or else you will be a victim yourself.
now, for curiosity, where do you live?
because in sugar&rainbow-town maybe people can talk and discuss problems over tea and biscuits, but in the rest of the world, its the law of the jungle: Kill or be killed.
EDIT: I'll argue over this more, if you insist. Right now, Wowhead's lack of uptime is pissing me off.
yes it is getting annoying :S I've lost 3 posts already due to that "can't contact server error" thingie.
Post by
Rankkor
One way to cure a bully.
that video is SO full of win =D
Post by
91278
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Post by
Rankkor
England. Feel free to talk about China, and Korea, and wherever else you like where those social constructs you talk about are the norm. They only prove my point that society kills itself by succumbing to vengeance.
well, live over here and then tell me if you can uphold those idealist views. The dude from the video is not from england so you can't really apply your standards to his.
nor mine for that matter.
its very VERY easy to judge others while standing on a pedestal, once you get to ground-level, the whole issue becomes a lot more murky.
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