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| i'm almost regretting not being more assertive than i was. i bet he still feels like what he did was completely justified. |
A lot tougher call than it once was.There was a time when it was
known what was right and what would get your a*s kicked and if the police showed up would listen to the stories then make a judgement call on the rightness or wrongness of the act.
if you PUSHED another man and got your a*s whipped more often than not the officer would turn to you and say "next time leave the guy alone and this won't happen".Was called learning to act right or take a beating and learn the hard way and if that did not work you became a punching bag until you learned to shut the fk up and leave folks alone.
NOW we have laws protecting the rude where instead of paying a penalty for being an A-hole feel they have the right to impose on another humans space because they WANT TO and woe the person who tries to stop them !
The instigator stand there with the smug look you want to rip off his face and stomp on it while the "right" party is led away in handcuffs with the "tell it to the judge" from the arresting officer.
Somewhere we have taken the ability of a police officer to use his judgement of the situation away and locked that person into "the letter of the law no matter what the circumstances".Totally black and white in a grey world with no matter to who is wrong or who is right.
I have noticed recently that something being legal does not make it
right while something being illegal does not make it
wrong but in this "the law is the law is the law" environment,one where the most ridiculous laws are passed by the most pissed off humans means many walk free that should be tossed around like dirty laundry while the one defending his own turf goes through the system,possibly even to jail.
It is not right because it has made the pukes of the world feel empowered and they seemingly go out of their way to push their betters thinking they are safe.For those folks I have a bulletin.
I am old school and
WILL dive on anyone who gets in my face and does not heed the "cease now" warning or has the lunacy to break that invisible "arms length" plane which means they are inside my defenses and reflex replaces thought.it is how i was raised,is how i have lived and even if i wanted to could not change it no matter what the law says or what penalties I have to in the end pay for the action.
.............and then I will count the days until my release but I doubt that person screws with me twice unless they too are old school and want a rematch
don't come to Rick's house without calling first and if i say no then dammit i mean NO !
