When was there three? Two I believe was the number.
Look, don't get me wrong, I am all for defending oneself and would not hesitate if someone was jeopardizing my well being, but I hardly think Alpha was in jeopardy as he has described the situation.
He stated he was twice the size of the would be assailants, surely he could have handled these ruffians without assaulting their faces.
I dunno, I just don't get the opposition that I am receiving. At any rate, I will live my life as I see it should be lived and I will follow a code of conduct that I was raised by, and will conduct myself accordingly.
Perhaps my thinking goes against the grain and poses a splinter in your beliefs, but I feel the way I do and I have given my opinion. Like it or not.
Mike,
I think you are missing the point, the debate isn't aimed at you personally, its about what different people would do in a similair situation.
I neither like or dislike your opinion, but I do respect it.
We are all conditioned by our environment to do certain things in certain circumstances, based on our experience.
What I have seen of these yobs, beating up and killing innocent people for no reason whatsoever, I would use all the force I could muster to put them down.
I think I am somewhat opening my eyes and realizing that the UK and US have many cultural differences. For me, I am not accustomed to 13 year old thugs as I live in a safe neighborhood. We too have gang bangers and the like, but they have been centralized into specific geographic locations within the city.
Yes, there are certainly great differences, the USA has a MUCH larger problem, and pushing them off to specific locations in a city probably makes the situation worse rather than better.
As a country dweller, it's even safer out here than it is in the UK cities, crime is very low, and no gangs or young thugs.
Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility.
I agree with one thing: we certainly have only heard one side of the story.
We've all made several assumptions about the background of the yobs and that alphacat is telling the truth and isn't exaggerating. The children might not have very good parents, in fact that might be as bad so it's probably not worth confronting them.
I don't know where I stand as far as corporal punishment is concerned. I think I'm against it because it's pretty hypocritical to teach kids that violence is wrong and at the same time use is as a form of punishment. I can see the argument that if they get hit they'll probably not do it again but I don't think it works that way; my dad used to hit me until he realised that if I hit him back it hurt.
Not using corporal punishment also teaches self-control. I think my dad used to hit me because he was angry more than to punish me which really sets a very bad example.
In this case I hope the children have learnt a lesson: you hit an adult stranger with a plank of wood and you'll get hit back much harder. I don't see this as corporal punishment because there is no relationship between the adult and the child. I see it as learning to suffer the consequences of your actions.
I can see the argument that if they get hit they'll probably not do it again but I don't think it works that way; my dad used to hit me until he realised that if I hit him back it hurt.
Too bad you dont live closer, I would have no problem with teaching them a little manners and respect, old fashioned country style!
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